Possible termination coming

[mickyc]

Been there done that! I had a boy start in May. He would cry and cry. I talked to mom about it. He was on one nap at home but they were letting him sleep as long as he wanted. He wouldn't sleep at my house all week and then on weekends he would sleep for almost 4 hours both days. They would also let him sleep in the car on the way to my house and on the way home (30 minute drive to my house). It was so frustrating. I would tell them they had to keep him awake in the car and only let him sleep for 2 1/2 hours on the weekends but it never did work, they still kept letting him sleep. I worked so hard trying to get him sleep trained. We got it to the point where he would sleep for an hour and then I would just go get him (tried to just let him cry for a good month and it never helped). Luckily for me he would just lay on the couch for the rest of nap time. He ended up getting an opening in a center after 4 months with me. I was so annoyed that after all my work with him and hanging in there (oh I sure felt like terminating!) that they ended up leaving.

I say tell mom you are going down to 1 afternoon nap only and that she needs to nap. Tell mom you will give it a month to see how things are progressing and then you will talk again. If after another month she hasn't adjusted then give notice. Be firm with mom and make her realize that all kids must nap at your house (especially at 12 months old).

I currently have a 12 month old who wasn't doing well at morning naps. I just told mom that we were cutting them out. She was totally fine with it.