Week 3...crying on a Tuesday

[Crayola kiddies]

the couple of times I have taken on a part time child I insisted on the child attending full time for at least the first 3-4 weeks to get them adjusted. if the parents weren't agreeable to this then they had to go else where. I no longer take part time and will only allow a current child to go to part time when the parent goes on mat leave. have one currently in that situation and then will have another one in jan as well but these children were full time so they know the rules and are already settled in. im not interested in the aggrevation of retraining a child every week.

[sunnydays]

Sometimes even after being full-time, they don't adapt well to part-time. I had a girl with me for a full year until her mom went on mat leave...then she went to 2 days per week and every week she would cry for about an hour when mom dropped her off...it was heart-breaking. She was not like that at all when she was full-time. After that experience, I just decided not to bother with part-time at all.

the couple of times I have taken on a part time child I insisted on the child attending full time for at least the first 3-4 weeks to get them adjusted. if the parents weren't agreeable to this then they had to go else where. I no longer take part time and will only allow a current child to go to part time when the parent goes on mat leave. have one currently in that situation and then will have another one in jan as well but these children were full time so they know the rules and are already settled in. im not interested in the aggrevation of retraining a child every week.

[kelleyg19]

I have the same problem with an 18 dcb. He has been coming for almost a month twice a week (wednesday and Fridays). When he first started up until about last week, he would cry all day and sit at the door crying for his dad. Last week, he actually played with the kids but with still a little teary eyed. He has gone off on holidays for two weeks now, so I'm dreading when he returns getting him back into routine again.
As hard as it is, try and give it a few more weeks. I struggle and dread my Wednesday and Fridays cause I know it's going to be an aggravating day with him. If its not working out and you don't see it changing in the near future consider terminating as its not worth you stressing over it.