Quote Originally Posted by bright sparks View Post
I'm confused. Where did the OP say that they were following an AP method? Did I miss something?
AP comes in many forms. Not all parents following all of the views. Often parents pick and choose elements of AP which appeal to them.

Swaddling a child, wearing a child, feeding on demands vs schedule, duel sleeping - all elements of AP that some parents embrace.

For me, I have found that children who were accustomed to any of these elements of AP make for a harder transition than those who have not. Nap time seems to be particularly challenging as children are often used to the physical closeness of a parent be that from being worn or from duel-napping. They are also used to napping on their own schedule rather than that of a day care environment.

As said, the minute I find out that any of these elements have been the child's routine to date, I personally run from them as potential clients. It's not that I don't respect their choices as parents but merely that I am not prepared to offer anything to one child that I cannot offer to them all. Since I am not physically capable of laying down with 6 children, at various times of the day, or rubbing 6 backs or carrying around 6 children, I tend to avoid these clients.