Casual care/part time care takes WAY longer for the little one to adjust I have found. I had one little girl who took 6 months to finally stop the non-stop crying as she was only 1-2 days a week. Once she adjusted though she is a wonderful little girl. I thought countless times of terminating the family and now I'm so glad that I didn't.

For me, I'm more of a tough love kinda person. I do pick them up and hold them, but certainly not all the time. I reassure and have them sit close to me, I talk to them all the time and constantly say things like: your ok, I'm right here etc etc. I encourage them to play with the toys. I will hold their little hands while we are playing for a while too so that they feel safe and secure. If the parents begin to do this at home too eventually it will get less and less each day.

A few of the ladies on here 'babywear' and that seems to really help in their daycares too so maybe someone will post how that all works (since I don't do it). Hang in there, it gets better!