https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:47:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919167 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:35:11 +0000 poppygirl15 2919167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you take I’ve drop off &amp; pick up, you’re just enabling the behavior. Sounds like the consequences worked before, so hopefully they will still. I’d tell him that if he forgets, he has to pick up your child &amp; take care of the fine. GL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919158 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:46:09 +0000 graceandjoy 2919158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's gonna be on him. I'm sorry; if I were you I literally have my plate overflowing so badly that I really cannot spend one more minute helping him remember so he doesn't get into trouble. If they have some kind of final straw to say "one more time and he's kicked out" then he can go explain to the director! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919128 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:54:42 +0000 agold 2919128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think that the sign in requirements are extreme. In my area, I believe its a state mandate. If anyone has an issue, they need to elect different politicians. I'm in California. Go figure you'd have some dumb draconian sign in/out rule. But it does make a little sense because how else will the teachers know who is in the classroom? They can take attendence, but kids come late and leave early all the time. So, if there is a fire and kids need to be evacuated (I live in a fire zone and this happens), then they have to look to the sign in sheet to make sure all kids are accounted for. This is one of the few reason I like being at a tiny school versus a giant school - evacuations during emergencies. Anyhow.. those are my two cents. I still forget to sign out. Somehow during the changed covid drop off procedures, it has been 100% easier to do the drop off and sign in/out. But I know the school is having a hard time with the staff needed to keep this social distancing drop off going. I do love it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919126 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:21:47 +0000 Tionn3 2919126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Carrot: I feel like it is also the preschool's responsibility to make it easier for us. They've made sign in at drop off very easy, but for whatever reason they can't figure out how to make it easy for pick up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919121 Sat, 19 Sep 2020 19:55:29 +0000 gotkimchi 2919121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tionn3: I think you should just lie. Be like omg the school called and said they’re going to fine us cuz you’re forgetting so much! If that worked before should work again right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919120 Sat, 19 Sep 2020 19:33:43 +0000 pachamama 2919120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a little unrelated but wanted to share a cute story... My coworker's daughter graduated from her tiny Catholic private school to a large, sort of rough high school. On the 1st day of school she called her mom crying (well, twice) and was like "I don't know where to sign out mommy! I've been looking for the sign out sheet for 45 mins". Her mom was like "omg just EXIT through a door, you're in 9th grade, I don't sign you out anymore". Poor thing 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919119 Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:29:05 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2919119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, this is more the preschool's problem for not setting up a process that makes this easy to do. We had the same procedure for our daughter in preschool, and there was an aide in every classroom that handed the parents a clipboard to do this. In our last year there, they put the sign-in and out sheets on the door that you had to go through so that there was no way to miss the sheets. My husband would lose his head if it wasn't attached, he forgets everything, but we never once missed a sign in/out because they made it easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919110 Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:03:40 +0000 Nutella 2919110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tionn3: seems a bit extreme on the preschool’s end, I get it’s an important part of the pickup/drop off process but I would think more input from the staff to ensure parents are doing the right thing would be a better starting point.<br /> Parents aren’t allowed past the gate at our centre currently due to Covid restrictions so they moved our sign in tablet to the gate along with hand sanitizer so there’s no excuse for forgetting! And they have a teacher there reminding you to do it so it’s quite the team effort! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919079 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:21:03 +0000 ALV91711 2919079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I think it should be partly on the teachers to remind if it has to be done. But then the consequence should be on hubby if he forgets. If he doesn’t sign in at drop off then he should go pick up early. </p> <p>This seams like a crazy policy though. I do drop off and DH does pick up. We both occasionally forget to sign but the teachers will fill in the times and one of us will catch it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919072 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:24:20 +0000 Mommy Finger 2919072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: 100% agree with you. He's an adult and it's on him to fix. He should suffer the consequences if he doesn't.</p> <p>On another note as I just wanted to vent. Our old daycare would make us sign in electronically and then sign in/out again on a piece of paper. And if you didn't sign in/out on the stupid piece of paper, they wanted to fine you. Why twice? I would think the electronic version would be more accurate. Certainly less annoying. Wow, sorry, didn't know I would get so triggered. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919062 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:39:20 +0000 Tionn3 2919062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: That is basically what I said to him when the preschool announced there would be consequences for not signing in/out children last year. It did motivate him.</p> <p>I suppose I need to wait until they announce whatever consequences they will be having for this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919061 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:22:32 +0000 Anagram 2919061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tionn3: What would happen if you just don’t solve this for him, and he gets the consequences? I mean, I’d tell him in advance—_I cant really solve this for you, and it’s not fair for me to do pick up and drop off, so be prepared to leave work and go pick up our child and pay the related fees. </p> <p>I mean, once or twice of that and he’ll start remembering? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919060 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:25:01 +0000 erinbaderin 2919060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does your husband have a phone, and a consistent dropoff/pickup time? Could you set a regular alarm to go off a few minutes before he does the pickup/dropoff every day? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919059 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:19:32 +0000 Tionn3 2919059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: When they threatened to charge for missed signatures, and make you pick up your kid for a missed drop off signature, he started remembering. However, my son went to a different school for the summer break and they had a different procedure (staff sign in and out the child). For this year, his regular school got a new director and everyone is adjusting to this new app for pick up drop off, and so there haven't been any threats of consequences yet, but it's coming. I just wish he would remember! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919058 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:11:46 +0000 agold 2919058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry. This would be beyond frustrating. Can you try writing the note "sign X in/out!" on the top of his hand in permanent marker?</p> <p>ETA: I forget from time to time. My husband forgets form time to time, also. But not every single time. And I'm sure once we started getting charged, neither of us would forget again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919056 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:09:27 +0000 Tionn3 2919056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Or is this also a problem with the school because they don't train their staff and teachers to make sure the parents sign in/out their children. I'm just so frustrated! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/husband-forgetful#post-2919055 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:02:15 +0000 Tionn3 2919055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband constantly forgets to sign in/sign out our child for preschool. The school got in trouble last year because of this (hopefully it wasn't just us but...I don't know), so they charge 12$ for every missed signature and you also have to pick up your child if you forget to sign them in. </p> <p>How do I get him to remember! I've tried texting him so he remembers. I've gotten mad at him, just literally nothing helps. So far he has not been subjected to any of the consequences the schools has implemented, because the school closed for the pandemic in March, and at the school he was in for the summer the staff signed in/out the children themselves for all the parents. I'm seriously pulling my hair out over this, and the only way I can think to fix it is to be in charge of BOTH drop off and pick up which would make me cut my hours because they have reduced hours from the pandemic. I'm also worried they will kick us out of the preschool if this keeps happening (though that has not been a proposed consequence...yet). </p> <p>If anything I'm just super annoyed, and scared we will lose our child care. </p>