Quote Originally Posted by chenderson View Post
Thanks ladies. So appreciated.

As Lee-Bee said, I do my best to not reward the behaviour and sit with him and the other children and interact and do fun things, but once he starts to fuss it is a fast downfall into a full cry. If I do not pick him up and comfort him, nothing else seems to distract him sadly. Even the other children and they REALLY try to help him feel better. I can tune him out personally but the other kids just can't anymore it seems. Even my other little one is more clingy when he is around and he is super independent otherwise. I too agree that it kinda seems to be a learned behaviour and that not picking him up at all so he learns the "daycare rules" would be lovely, but I just cannot listen to him be so sad all day long (he is very baby-like in other attributes too) and considering he doesn't crawl or move about himself he needs me to physically do it all for him to a degree.

Either way, I too feel that even though it has only been 3 weeks (F/T) it has also not improved at all. It has effectively gotten somewhat worse and even though I feel awful as the family is just so lovely, he is just not a good fit.

Thanks again for your feedback. It is so appreciated and helps me feel a little less like I'm not seeing it right.

It sounds like you gave it your all. You need to look out for the needs of your group as a whole. Some children just do better with a nanny or with a different home daycare, for what ever reason. You do no one any good by dragging it on forever if you truly feel he is not a good fit.