I have a new one year old who is having some serious separation problems from his parents. Cries when they leave, cries throughout the day--not constantly, but a few times each hour. He will play, and there are smiles and laughs, but the majority of the time he is not happy! When his mom comes he just buries his head in her chest and cries.

Aside from the fact that he's unhappy, it's causing some other issues. When he cries, the other little ones pick up on it and they start crying too. And then I have to calm all of them down! Also, he is a horrible sleeper. Mom says he's like that at home as well. I will put him down and he will cry and cry to the point where he's waking up the other kids because he's screaming. I have tried everything and I cannot get him to go to sleep. And then he's exhausted and even more unhappy.

What do I do? It's been a couple of weeks and he's becoming a bit more comfortable, but barely. And the napping is not improving at all. I haven't had a child who was so miserable before! I feel awful for him, but I don't know how else to help him adjust. Do I just give it more time? The crying is so disruptive to the other kids, and my sanity is going out the window.