I completely agree mimi, the new child needs reassurance as well as encouragement to get to know the new surroundings and the new faces. I now have my newly signed on clients come in for several visits with Mom to get to know the room, faces, noises, activity, voices and then as I said before they start full-time without Mom and we go cold turkey so the child gets used to our schedule and falls into meals/naps/routines as fast as possible.