I was so upset today and after going through it over and over, I need advice on what to do.
I have a 1 year old boy in my care for about 2 months now. This boy is an only child and I have been his first daycare placement. He has only had mom and his grandmother watch him since he was born. I had a really hard time and still do with him adjusting. The problem that I am having is, he came to me with a very different schedule that I have and of coarse I had explained to both parents during the interview that this needed to be changed and they would need to follow it at home as well.
Just to give you an idea.
His wake up time was 9 am and have breakfast.
He would nap again at 12, and have lunch at 2pm
and than have a late nap at 5pm
I had many difficult long crying day which made me decide to take it little by little.
We started with half days and than followed the full day. He finally was getting settled, when he suddenly got a virus and parents went by what he wanted to do. He had slept all day tuesday and today woke up crying and mom let him sleep in. He arrived to daycare at 10 30. Today was really bad day for him he wanted to nap at 12! Impossible when I had to feed the other children. I told dad at pick up time that he was off his schedule and this is the reason of his bad day. He upright told me that he wasn't going to adjust his schedule because he is use to it. That he was still a baby and was ill. I suggested that he than should only come back when he is fully recovered and back on track and ready to confront my schedule. Dad than had the nerve to say that I couldn't handle more than 2 baby's !!
What ??? I felt so disrespected at that point. I don't think the parents are fully aware that children need routine and definately a schedule to follow. Especially if you are planning to have them in a daycare. If feel they want me to be attentive to his need, as he demands. In that case they should hire a nanny. I told him I needed this evening to think things through and that I would be calling them tomorrow...... Any suggestions ???