The longest I had a child transition was 2 weeks. It was a full 2 weeks of ALL DAY crying!! It was the only time I have ever thought about terming. Exactly 2 weeks later it just stopped and he is now my easiest child so I am glad I didn't term.

I did lots of different things but what seemed to work the best was when he cried excessively I would place him in his playpen. He would lay down with his blankie and calm down. I would bring him back out to the group. He would still cry and whimper but as long as he wasn't screaming crying he could be with us. He cried during playtime, outside time (which is worse because I wonder what the neighbours think lol), eating, art time etc. He was a trooper though and did all the stuff with us but just cried while doing it. When I would play on the floor with him he could sit on my lap but as soon as he cried he had to get off my lap.

His parents were great and apologized every day and kept saying they were sure he would get better. They know past parents of mine and really didn't want me to term them haha. I did add a clause to my contract though that states I have the right to terminate if a child doesn't transition within a reasonable amount of time and the parents know it was because of their child that made me do this but we can laugh about it now!