Quote Originally Posted by Lee-Bee View Post
:-(

Any chance the parents would be open to switching their hours so they are last to arrive? This may make it easier on him.

I have an AP kiddo here (well I have 2 but it's only an issue with the one) and I find it hardest at the drop offs and pick ups as well. Though he is calm and fine...but you can see it is hard.

The parenting style drives me bonkers at times because it just doesn't make life easy on the kids but at the same time I could care less because during daycare hours the kids know the rules and expectations and thrive in routine and consistency where they don't get to call the shots. But it's those moments at pick up and drop-off where control switches back to the child that I want to gouge my eye balls out.
I begrudge adjusting things because of their undoing.....I am hoping that he will get over it to be honest if I just stick to my guns. Pick up is not an issue and today he only cried for about 5 or 10 minutes. If he is tired though, its more like 30 minutes and I just put him to bed. When they co-sleep with him by way of soothing him rather than letting him work it out himself and self sooth, his day here is horrific. It drives me bonkers too lol Thank goodness the rest of the time he is okay. He screams for all of 2 minutes when I put him down for nap but I spoke to mum about this and she breasts feeds to sooth him so that explains that. What are these people thinking. He is 17 months old and needs to be allowed to learn to self sooth. He is also having some issues with eating now and mum tells me that if she is busy she gives him jarred food...thanks for that. Laziness is her parenting method not attachment parenting. I think AP can work for people regardless of my own parenting style but it narks me off how many people say they follow AP but really they are just using it as a free pass to be lazy!