How do you know?

[sunnydays]

Oh, I can feel your pain oozing through your post! It is VERY tough in the beginning! Only YOU know how much you can take and truly deep down whether you think you can do this. It may be that you chose a family as your first clients that are really not a good fit for you and I would hate to see you throw the whole daycare idea under the bus because of that. Or it may just be that you weren't really prepared for how draining it is in the beginning and how much adjustment you would all have to go through. It is a lot of changes for you, for your kids, and for the dck's. I certainly don't think 2 weeks is enough to know...unless you are at the point of actually feeling that you might physically harm one of the kids because your stress is so high...then I would say quit before it is too late (not at all trying to say you are at this point, but you never know right?). Otherwise, try to get the 3 year old to stay on his mat at quiet time. Could you make it a challenge by telling him that if he stays quietly on his mat for one whole hour (you will tell him when the time is over) then you will do a really fun activity with him (or perhaps he will get to watch TV or something like that) and specifiy exactly what that fun activity is. Explain that if he does not stay on his mat quietly then you wil be too tired after naptime to do said activity. Then follow through with it no matter which way it goes. Good luck!