I must have done something horrible in a past life because I ended up having two of these types of kids here at the same time. One couldn't stop moving and talking EVER. She would keep talking at naptime until she fell asleep. One second it's "blah blah blah" and then nothing. I always said"Oh someone turned off her switch, she's crashed". As soon as her eyes were open, so was her mouth. NON FREAKING STOP. She couldn't stand still either. I was convinced she has an inner ear problem. She literally moved like Mumble from Happy Feet. She would fall over every couple of minutes, and ended up on top of most of our group at one point during the day, every day. To top it off, she was over 40 lbs, so it really hurt. I was on the receiving end of that falling tower on several occasions. The day her mom gave me notice that she was going to a preschool was the day I did a happy jig throughout my house. It worked out so well, because earlier that same day I was telling a provider friend about the many issues we had with this little girl and was seriously considering terming her. The gods must have been listening because 6 hours later I got their notice. Our group is much happier without her. She was a violent little devil too. I called her "the 5-2 punch". She was 2 and a half years old and would punch everyone 5 times when she didn't get her way.

At the same time all this drama was going on I was transitioning a 14 month old. He came to me with no sleep routine, no guidance, no nothing. Lucky for me he was only with me for 8 weeks until his center spot opened up. He was a disaster. All that kid did was whine...alllllllllll llllllllll day every day. He had no idea how to be happy. He also had a bum rash the whole 8 weeks he was with me, and had a yeast infection to boot. Mom and Dad ignored my requests for him to see a dr and he always came to me without any cream on his bum etc.....Not an ideal situation. That family was strictly a pay check. I did the best I could with what I had to work with. This boy was also like Momof4's "bipolar baby". He just had no idea