Thank you everyone for your feedback.

I do agree that there is such a thing as too much praise, and I agree that there are empty praises and meaningful praise. Id say 98% of the time it is meaningful praises that I am doling out.

I do see moms point of view, and after reading all the feedback I understand even more her point of view. What made me question it to begin with is that it was brought up after I had thanked the little girl for tidying up her toys she had been playing with.. Mom and I were talking and I noticed little girl had finished her puzzle and tidied it up and put it back on the shelf where it belonged, and I stopped talking with mom for a minute to say. "thank you ______ for tidying up your puzzle and putting it away, now you and your friends will have room to play with other toys." This was when mom asked me to stop praising her child so much.

Mom is still coming in and spending 30-40 minutes with her at drop off in the mornings. So maybe I have been doing a bit too much empty praises while mom is here, I'm thinking perhaps I've been acting a little "too positive" and a little "too encouraging" and "too friendly" while trying to make little girl feel comfortable here and to show mom that I'm a loving caring provider.