Thanks Ladies!
Well, I think I was handed my first test haha They brought him over to spend some time here this afternoon to get used to me and my house, and they brought him tired. I'm not sure if they did it intentionally or not but he was sure tired! He was fine for the first 5 minutes, then he started looking for mom. I don't know his cues so I thought he was just missing mom but then he started closing his eyes! I rocked him for five minutes while singing (I shouldn't have sung, I think it kept waking him up) but it only took me 10 minutes to get him down. I held him for 5 minutes longer and then put him in the playpen. He's been sleeping there for about 15 minutes now. He's my first client and he'll be the only one for a few weeks, until the rest start, so hopefully, by the time everyone else comes, he'll be on my son's schedule. I've planned on getting each child to start on a different week, so I'll have a week to get used to them and understand their cues.

I'm so happy it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. I'm still a little nervous as to how he's going to be when he wakes up, but my son will be up by then.

I'm going to take your advice, write down our schedule and ask that they follow it. Now that I know I can GET him to sleep, I wonder how long I can keep him up. He arrives at 7:30 and naps aren't until 10, so, we'll see.

Thanks again for the adive! I get a little nervous telling parents what to do with their own child, but I have to realize I am the one who will be with them the majority of the time now so I need to be able to make both of our lives (as well as the parents) easier.