#I get to talk with the kiddos but ALSO don't have to deal with potty training hahahaha

[starrydaycare]

CG Nexus!!! CG Nexus!!! CG Nexus!!! CG Nexus!! Yeah yeah yeah!!

AKJAAN NEXUS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES TO WRITE FORRRR

THIS IS A FUNKY REQUEST/pos

(Also I didn't know if you were just stating something, asking for a moodboard, or asking for headcanons. Soooo I made a moodboard AND headcanons (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠))

🌌Carvegiver!Nexus Headcanons!

🌕Nexus makes for a super fun caregiver! He's good with kids between 5-12, as well as younger teens, but is willing to take care of you regardless of your age range! He's not really okay with changing diapers or potty training, so keep that in mind. He'll try if you push it, but it's reaaally not his thing.

🌌He's more of a protective, fun older brother than anything. He'll get into mischief with you, pulling pranks on Dark Sun and anyone else, teasing others with you, and so on. And when you two get caught? You'll run, and he'll run with you, giggling on the way. If he has to, he'll take the fall for the two of you.

"No, Dark Sun. It was my idea; don't blame them! They're just a kid, it's my fault."

🌕He likes having you nearby, as he doesn't want to risk you getting hurt or anything. With the stuff they deal with on a regular basis? You're staying with him. Sit down, get comfy, here's a cookie 🍪

🌌He really likes playing video games, so if you're younger he'll sit you on his lap while he does so, making sure to watch his language around you. He'll explain everything that's age appropriate to you, showing you his game happily.

🌕If you're older, then he'll play multiplayer games with you! You'd sit in a blanket fort the two of you made together, controllers in both of your hands as you play Fortnite, Minecraft, Mario Kart, whatever. Snacks nearby, of course.

"You got it! Go, go, yes! Yes, Wait–No! Da-aaang it, they got me! You can do it; you've got this!"

🌌While he's working he'll explain to you what he's doing. Regressed, you maaay not understand it all. Or maybe you're a really smart baby/kiddo! Regardless, you like listening to him talk about his latest creation, excitement and happiness in his voice <3

🌕He'll show you all of his inventions, both current and past, if you show interest. He loves talking about his creations, even if it's to his kiddo. If anything, that makes it all the better. He loves sharing this with his kiddo, bonding over it with you!

"Yes! And this is a portal. Orrr... It's supposed to be. I'm not finished with it, yet."

🌌He's always willing to get you whatever you wish for. You're spoiled rotten, given anything and everything! He loves buying you stuff, so please let him. When I say anything and everything, I mean anything and everything. French Fries? Already in your tummy. A new toy? Check your toy box! A kingdom under your name? Alllll yours. Every single dimension? Yours <3

🌕He's pretty affectionate, believe it or not. Always ruffling your hair, carrying you around, giving you bear hugs, calling you names like "Buddy" and "Kiddo", gifting you stuff, making you stuff, ect,. Of course, if any of those things make you uncomfortable, then he'll stop. Making you uncomfortable is the last thing he wants to do.

🌌He's very protective, in fact, you're one of the most protected people to exist if you ask me. No one dares to bully or tease you rudely, push you, or even do so much as glare at you in a way that's not jokingly or affectionately.

🌕Overall, he's a really good caregiver! You're lucky to have him as a CG if you do.

🌌🌕💤

[songofsunset]

Can u tell us more stories about the work babies, I am sick and blah and toddler stories will fix me

Okay so today we had our thanksgiving meal (because pizza is on fridays, and half the school is out for the days we're here next week) and oh my god we were so busy but had so much fun

here is a readmore because LMAO I have so many stories, I love these kiddos I love my job HERE YOU GO

We did bubbles outside in the morning, I recently got a bubble wand you can just wave, which I'm allowed to use with covid regulations (no air from my lungs!!! also I'm masked The Entire Day so like) and they are SO excited to play with bubbles now

I bring out the bubble wand and their tiny faces go :D and we have a good several minutes there running around and grabbing them as they blow around! Also one of the children has decided to try biting the bubbles to pop them lmaooooo

uhmmmmm oh the newest kid has finally learned how to sit down before he tries to go down the slide!!! good for him!!!!! I did, however, see the next youngest kid who is an Expert Slide Goer, like, she is ready she just sits and zooms and cackles madly- anyways today she was in a skirt and omfg her legs caught and I DID see her tumble end over end at the base of the tall slide, WHOOPS gonna hafta keep an eye out for her on that one!!!

OH, this same child, who- this girl is tiny, barely two feet tall, and her hair in a perfectly upright ponytail at the top of her head, and the chubbiest little cheeks you ever did see, and she has a specific cackle she does when she knows she's being naughty lmao (I have cared for this kid since she was six weeks old, and now she's like.... idk 15 months? it's been a while and I love her haha)

okay so this same child JUST TODAY figured out how to give her classmates hugs

please picture two babies with the chubbiest cheeks carefully leaning forward to clumsily place their arms around each other like an awkward middle school dance, then they step back and grin, and then I have to walk them all through taking turns hugging each other (Gentle!!! I remind them, Gentle like with the plants!!! should I go get the plants???? and then I go get one of the little houseplants we have and then we carefully pet the leaves like some sort of weird cat and I say 'gentle gentle gentle' over and over so they learn the concept of being gentle) and then they decide they also want to hug me so here I am on my knees getting snot on my shirt being hugged by grinning toddlers who all want to hug me at the same time and okay, these are the things that make my job worth it

They ALSO have figured out how to dance with each other!!!! I will literally just put on music, and I will turn around and they will have self organized into little handholding pairs, and they will grab each others hands and gently sway and shuffle and bop. One thing people don't often know about kiddos is that babies can dance before they can walk!!! kids love music!!!!!!!! so these kids really love doing this together, and sometimes I'll come over and they'll hold my hand and we'll get into a larger circle and wiggle back and forth. I have one girl, who if I'm the one holding her hands, loves to jump up as high as she can and let me catch her from falling, so I'll lift her a little extra high while she does it, and she grins so big while we do it :) (she is also good about NOT trying this on her classmates, which would go much less well hahaha)

They are also really into the baby dolls lately!!! they take the babies, and wrap them in our tiny dishtowels, and then grip them in their chubby little arms and sway back and forth while I sing rockabye baby. Sometimes they lay the baby down in the bed, and carefully tuck the towel in around them. Today I started singing, and the youngest kid picked up the babydoll..... and then just started spinning himself entirely around in circles!!!!!!! kid lmao what are you doing xD xD xD

We also brought out spoons and bowls to pretend with, and the pretend to mix stuff up and feed it to the baby dolls and omfg the babies are taking care of babies it's so sweet

on the OTHER hand, I was singing rockabye baby for a kid rocking a babydoll at the end of the day, and his mom showed up at the door, and when he saw her he just YEET dropped it right on the floor and sprinted over lmaoooooo this is why we don't hand them real babies xD

OH RIGHT YES, so today was our thanksgiving thing so for one of our activities today, I prepared a book of our family pictures! We have a soft fabric book with plastic slots to put pictures in, so I made color copies of all the pictures on our photo wall (having family pictures is important to kids!!! pointing gives them a way to talk about their family if they don't know many words yet and is a great way to help them calm down if they're feeling frustrated! also lowkey I think it may be legally required actually???) So I made this book for thanksgiving, because we are NOT talking about the pilgrims, this is a holiday about just food and family thank you good night lmao

And, there was a girl today who had a bit of a rough drop off, because her mom just left for a trip and that's rough for a 1 year old. So I bring her this book and we find her page and she's pointing at her mom and dad and brother and for the entire rest of the day, she just kept going back to that book and bringing it to me to show me her family, and just sitting down and flipping through it and I think it really helped her today :')

okay ALSO, the actual youngest child, because I have just remembered that the child I have been calling the youngest child has since been supplanted by a new kid fresh from the baby room hahaha

so she doesn't have many teeth yet at all.... but today, when we brought out the turkey sandwiches everyone had for our meal, she grabs it like that baby discovering an ice cream cone for the first time and SHOVES IT IN HER FACE WITH GLEE, idk what about this sandwich resonated for her but oh my god she ATE IT ALL DOWN...... then she leaned over and tried to grab her classmate's sandwich off his plate xD xD xD

Okay, I have infinitely more stories where this came from (we used our climbing blocks to build an archway to crawl through! a big hit!! we used our toys to play five little monkeys! the politely signed 'more' and made me sing the baby bumblebee song FOUR TIMES IN A ROW and participated with rapt attention each time!!!!) but this is super long already so I hope these are some good baby stories for you!!!!