A little boy started at my daycare about two months ago. He is 17 months old and never been away from his mom. He has not been consistently coming for these last two months...only 3 -4 days a week. Maybe that is part of the problem, it is hard to know. Anyhow...I have a large dog as well which he hates. My dog's name can't even be mentioned and he goes into hysterical crying. No matter how much I cuddle him, he appears to not want to be with me or in my home. Not sure how to approach everything with the mum...I want to be honest with her Ofcourse..but I don't know if it is too soon to mention the problems I am having.