where to begin. i have had no end of sleeping troubles since I re opened my daycare for babies/toddlers. i have done this for 17 years and you would think that ive seen it all but alas i have never had so many issues as i do now. i've posted about my one dcg who is not a good sleeper and all the advice i got and my own knowledge and experience told me that it will come with time . It's not getting better. she is a great little girl and i adore her and her parents are amazing. I have a room where the kids nap and clearly that wasnt going to work having her with them, so she is in my room and she just doesnt sleep well. Actually she sleeps well in the morning and usually with no problem its the afternoon that doesnt work. she will generally go down in the afternoon for an hour at most and yells and screams until nap time is over. on occasion she will amuse herself and i actually thought we were getting into a routine but the consistency never lasts. so this morning i decided, no morning nap, lets get good and tired and she dropped off this afternoon like a charm and bang on 1 hour into nap, she's awak and screaming. oh ya, and she's loud. my bedroom is a fair distance from where the others nap but she will end up waking them up. (she is 15 months) then we have to factor in the other 15 month old i have that was doing great until my non sleeper started coming. he was used to being the only little one and didnt take well to her. then he started getting teeth and was miserable and wouldnt sleep, then he got a cold and wouldnt sleep, then he had more teeth coming in and what seems to be a perpetual cold. Now because he doesnt , he keeps the 9 month old awake and then he will drift off and she is still awake making noise so she wakes him and it just keeps on for the whol nap time. He has also become super sensitive and cries if I leave the room or even get up to move around the room. i tell you, its like a 3 ring circus here during naptime. Over the years, i may have and a non sleeper here and there but it never lasted and they soon got into the routine but this one dcg is a real challenge. Terminating isnt an option for me as I really do adore this girl and her family so im prepared to stick it out but would like to know if any of you have had issues like this. I think that sometimes if she poops that may be what wakes her up but if I go in the room to change her, she'll never go back to sleep. she was not a good sleeper at night before she started with me but i managed to convince mom that she had to let her cry it out and learn to put herself back to sleep and she started sleeping better at home, sleeping 11 or 12 hours every night but apparently she has started waking up in the night again. anyone have any experience with this. I know that its going to be hard just getting back from most of them being home extra days over the holidays but holy cow, today has been ridiculous.