Lighthouse1
06-26-2013, 11:31 AM
Hi All,
I have a DCB who is 20 months now, he's been with me since Feb... he's always had a very hard time at drop off, for the first week or two (he only comes 2 days a week), he would cling or cry all day, it was just him and I. Well now I have more children, but he STILL cries at the door big time, most days he settles in quickly and is playing and dancing and is happy... but some days, it's like he's MAKING himself cry, he refuses to play, will just stand around pouting and will cry a little bit. He can do this for long periods of time.
I know he gets coddled a lot at home... I do give him hugs and cuddle with him, but obviously I can't spend all day with him on my lap. I've never had a child behave like this for so long! Usually after a few weeks (p/t) children get over it and settle into the routine.
What I'm looking for is some ideas to make this easier on this little guy.
He is also consistently constipated and JUST started eating proper food (I think he still gets baby food at home)... so not sure if that has anything to do with it. Could his problem be that he knows when he comes here, I'm not going to coddle him the whole day and he has to actually eat and chew? I just don't know what to do about him, he's a sweet funny boy, but these bouts of sadness just bring everyone down! :no:
I have a DCB who is 20 months now, he's been with me since Feb... he's always had a very hard time at drop off, for the first week or two (he only comes 2 days a week), he would cling or cry all day, it was just him and I. Well now I have more children, but he STILL cries at the door big time, most days he settles in quickly and is playing and dancing and is happy... but some days, it's like he's MAKING himself cry, he refuses to play, will just stand around pouting and will cry a little bit. He can do this for long periods of time.
I know he gets coddled a lot at home... I do give him hugs and cuddle with him, but obviously I can't spend all day with him on my lap. I've never had a child behave like this for so long! Usually after a few weeks (p/t) children get over it and settle into the routine.
What I'm looking for is some ideas to make this easier on this little guy.
He is also consistently constipated and JUST started eating proper food (I think he still gets baby food at home)... so not sure if that has anything to do with it. Could his problem be that he knows when he comes here, I'm not going to coddle him the whole day and he has to actually eat and chew? I just don't know what to do about him, he's a sweet funny boy, but these bouts of sadness just bring everyone down! :no: