https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:16:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255708 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 10:08:03 +0000 blackbird 1255708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No Thanksgiving gift, but will be giving a year-end appreciation gift (Christmas related for the one who celebrates, non-Christmas related for our main caregiver, who is Jewish) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255615 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:35:42 +0000 regberadaisy 1255615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: omgosh that is such a cute idea!! I might do that instead of s'mores now!! I'm sure they will be getting plenty of sweets! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255603 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:31:20 +0000 Mamaof2 1255603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always give a little something to the kids teachers for each holiday -based on a post about a month ago I filled a mason jar with Kleenex, chapstick, vitamin C drops, hand sanitizer and gum and put on the label "Thanks for taking such good care of DS. Please take good care of YOU!"</p> <p>They loved it!!!</p> <p>For Christmas I usually do a small gift and then a GC </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255593 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:28:27 +0000 looch 1255593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am going to do a tube of seasonal lotion from bath and body works and then a $50 gift card to Walmart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255566 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:23:01 +0000 irene 1255566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: No I am not, I didn't do a thanksgiving gift/bonus for the teachers! haha But I will for xmas..</p> <p>@Smurfette: Yes I remembered that thread, and that made me sweat bullets !! haha. After reading your thread I wanted to do something (buy a small gift card or something for thanksgiving) but I had no time to do that. Yesterday (Monday after thanksgiving weekend) I went to pick up LO and the teachers weren't really talking to me (I may have imagined it). There I was like shoot maybe they got something from all other parents except us. hahaha. Good to know I am not alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255531 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:08:34 +0000 regberadaisy 1255531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't give anything for Thanksgiving. But we will for Christmas. I'm going to make a Mason jar with s'mores with a $10 sbux gc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255529 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:07:59 +0000 mrs. bird 1255529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: you are a very generous employer! I've never gotten a thanksgiving bonus, but I do get the day before, thanksgiving &amp; the day after as paid holidays. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255530 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:07:59 +0000 Smurfette 1255530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to do something for Thanksgiving for her teachers (even made a thread about it) but time got away from me. I usually do something every month, bring food usually. </p> <p>Christmas: I am doing Target gift cards and cookies/snacks for each teacher. Then something little for all 4 office workers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255520 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:04:43 +0000 irene 1255520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyMats: Thanks :) That's what I am planning to do too for Xmas...! </p> <p>RE: The poll -- I feel better now that there are people who didn't do a thanksgiving gift for the teachers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255235 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:56:11 +0000 BabyMats 1255235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't take our lo to daycare but my sil works at one ands gets gift cards to restaurants and food and things made by the los. Sorry that's all I have </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-give-a-thanksgiving-appreciation-gift-to-your-daycare-teachersnanny#post-1255140 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 23:09:24 +0000 irene 1255140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poll question: Did you give a "thanksgiving appreciation gift" to your daycare teachers/nanny? Feel free to elaborate too... of course :)</p> <p>Discussion: Will you give a Christmas "appreciation gift / bonus" to your daycare teachers / nanny? What / How much are you planning to give? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-443165 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:56:41 +0000 .twist. 443165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: hahaha sounds like my husband, he can season and steam a chicken breast like nobody's business, but aside from that he doesn't stray much! Although I'm not complaining! He does a great job of chicken!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-443162 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:54:08 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 443162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He have me a foot massage last night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-443145 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:44:31 +0000 Alivoo01 443145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: He only cooks 3 things - eggs, spaghetti, and grills meat. HAHA! Oh, and rice/rice porridge! And he does a splendid job at those! Him having dinner ready aside from the mentioned above = reheating the (leftover) food. LOL!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-443111 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:29:48 +0000 Chastenet 443111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>-DH always takes out the trash<br /> -DH always makes any trips to our basement storage because I'm afraid to go down there<br /> -Dh is on his way home right now a day early from a business trip because I caught a stomach bug while he was away<br /> -DH usually gives me shoulder massages when I ask </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-443104 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:26:52 +0000 .twist. 443104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: :) thanks! That's awesome that your husband makes dinner and/or has everything prepped! Is he a good cook?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-443093 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:22:17 +0000 doxielove 443093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>-DH always gets up before I do to make a pot of coffee. Love!<br /> -DH kills spiders for me, even though he hates spiders, too<br /> -DH cleans up the kitchen when I cook dinner. Words don't describe how nice it is to not have to worry about cleaning up your own mess!</p> <p>Those are the bigger little things DH does on a regular basis. He's a swell guy :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-443068 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:06:05 +0000 Anagram 443068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm still suffering from extreme "morning" sickness. I'm on 8 mgs of Zofran and have been taking it like clockwork every 8 hours, but somehow the past 2-3 days I've had a turn for the worse. I haven't been vomiting (thanks to the Zofran), but I have pretty extreme nausea 24/7, whereas last week I had some days that I was only a 5 on the 1-10 nausea scale...this week I've been consistantly at a 9. =(</p> <p>Needless to say, I have been horrible to live with. I complain constantly. I cry 8 times a day out of sheer frustration with my own body. EVERY type of odor makes me so nauseas, which makes me angry. His lovely mom made a ton of food for him since I am definitely not cooking.....but I won't "let" him cook it, because it's all different curries, and I just can't take the smell. So it's in the freezer, and my poor husband eats cereal or makes a protein shake for dinner every night.</p> <p>We both had a meltdown on Sunday when I was feeling particularly bad, and therefore being particularly difficult and we had a fight about how messy the house is, which is rare for us. His point was that I don't do anything to clean anymore (true) but manage to add to the mess (also true...I'm so nauseas the clothes stay wherever I take them off. If I drink a glass of water, I don't go to the kitchen to wash the glass, I just let them pile up next to my bed.) So we were both grumpy from me being constantly sick and him coming down with a cold. Yesterday, he told me he was feeling too sick to go to work and called in....</p> <p>And when I came home, the whole house was sparkling clean!! The laundry was done, and folded. Honestly, I could cry right now just thinking about him being sick and doing all the cleaning. He's a good man. Better than me, that's for sure!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-443050 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:55:03 +0000 lawbee11 443050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got my BFP last week, but DH is already totally pampering me. He fills my car up with gas, makes us dinner, does the dishes and the laundry, and always goes upstairs to get anything I need. He says baby and I just need to relax on the couch :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-443038 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:50:09 +0000 shopaholic 443038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>awwww!!!! Maybe I'm hormonal, but all your SOs sound like wonderful gems! I love this thread! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442916 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:01:18 +0000 keiki_mama 442916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I woke up early this morning so I could do dishes. DH woke up with me and insisted on doing the dishes himself. Aww!</p> <p>@shopaholic: I am impressed with your man's laundry skills! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442889 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:41:19 +0000 tororojo 442889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH picks me out a shirt (we have logo shirts for work), steams the wrinkles out and lays it on the bed for me every morning since I'm always running late. And he pumps gas for me 95% of the time...only a couple of times a year do I end up needing to fill up on my own. And he handles all the insurance paperwork related to medical stuff/pregnancy, which is so nice for me to not have to think about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442875 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:35:33 +0000 Alivoo01 442875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: wow!! i'm impressed with his accurate laundry skills! Hubby will put laundry in the wash, but never knows what cycle to put them on nor knows which ones gets dryer dried vs hung dry. He'll hold up each article and ask me. haha!</p> <p>@.twist.: Dude. That's freaking awesome!!!</p> <p>Hubby always has dinner ready for me by the time I get home. If it's something I need to cook, he'll prep everything for me so I can cook immediately when I get home. He also doesn't mind picking up supplies for the house on his way home from work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442736 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:33:31 +0000 Modern Daisy 442736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH went out and partied with his friends this past Friday until 4am and was massively hung over Saturday (this is not normal at all - it's an annual dinner with the guys) and he still made it to my boss's holiday party the next day that was an hour drive away and didn't complain or ask if we could leave early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442700 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:21:10 +0000 .twist. 442700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are so many things. I'm totally spoiled. He makes my breakfast &amp; lunch ever day and sometimes dinner too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442682 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:11:38 +0000 ladyfingers 442682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has walked the dog every morning without complaint for the past 2 months (we used to switch off every month). He does the laundry as long as I sort it and fold it (he refuses to let me walk up and down the garage stairs lol). He automatically cleans up after dinner and puts everything away without complaint. He listens to me complain and whine and vent and as long as I don't get snippy with him ;) listens patiently. He rubs my back when I can't get comfy. Before I got diagnosed with GD, he would buy me a Sprite most nights for dinner because I craved them all the time. I complain a lot, but he really is the best! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442669 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:03:42 +0000 plaidpants 442669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband gets up with LO every morning so I can get a little bit more sleep. Sometimes it's an hour, sometimes it's 10 minutes, but it's always appreciated! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442653 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:50:18 +0000 hilsy85 442653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He brought me home flowers last night "just because"! He is super romantic and sentimental. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442638 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:42:20 +0000 rachiecakes 442638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is a WAHD and I know how much of a handful DS is sometimes, so I'm grateful that he has the patience but also that he is able to continue to work this way so we can save money.<br /> He also let me go shopping solo on Sunday night and I had such a great time being out on my own, ahhh.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/appreciation-for-sodh#post-442629 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:36:57 +0000 prettylizy 442629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No matter how late it is or how long her worked that day he will always come home and tidy up the dinner dishes if I haven't gotten to it yet. </p>