Separation anxiety 9mos old

[kidlove]

Have to do whats best for the child, and sounds like what is best is letting her know that even though she is not held constantly she is still loved. If parents cant work with you though, i fear you are wasting your time trying.

[kidlove]

I agree on both ends..from a daycare provider point of view I feel strongly about more than just a couple days a week to get the child comfy and felling more secure. However if the child needs socialization or time away from home (stay at home mom or only child) one day a week is better than "none" day a week.
I take care of my nephew one day a week for about 5 hours. His mom works from home and feels he needs some social interaction given he is home ALONE with her working in the other room! (dont ask) anyway..I think that is a great start for him. He is so alone all the time that if a child laughs in my dayCare he will begin to cry he is fearful of other children and extreamly cottled by his mother (when shes not working) my point: one day is better than nothing.

[Mamma_Mia]

Baby has been here since 7:30 today and it's hasn't been good.....My daughter woke up and she seemed to get worse when I was paying attention to my DD! If I sat on the couch she would NOT stop crying but if I left the room she'd stop crying almost instantly....until seeing me again.

I'm now on the computer while my DD has her breakfast and because baby can't "see" me she's not crying. I'm sitting right in front of her but "hiding" behind the laptop and shes fine! I peek my head over and she sees me - meltdown.

Lordy child!!

[Momof4]

Littlefeet, I would never judge you! I'm just speaking from my own experience but you can never compare children because they are all so different depending on their temperaments and personalities. I know wonderful caregivers who have a child attending one day or two days a week and they make it work for them.

Oh MammaMia, you must feel like you have your scary face on today, haha. What's your drug of choice? Caffeine? Wine? A bubble bath? All three maybe would help. Wishing you best of luck. And by the way, yes I do believe a 9 month old knows exactly how to wrap people around their little fingers and get picked up with a wail. I have actually asked parents of screamers to please not pick up their child at the first yell.