Do you have a child that you need to give 85% of your attention to? I am sure that we have all had THAT child at one point or another. But I just need to vent. So apologize ahead of time!!

I have a dcg in my care. She will be 18 months soon. She has been in my care since 12 months. Right from day 1 she has been a handful. But now that my group is younger and she is a BIG girl, things are getting more stressful. Honestly, every 3-5 minutes I am redirecting her. But on top of that, she will not stay still.

But more so, her mom thinks that the behaviour is cute.

For example, she comes in and goes to the babies, puts them in a head lock, tips them backwards and the mom will say, "Awww....she is hugging them". Yes, she is hugging them but I am trying to teach her gentle hands, not to encourage it.

OR she comes in and takes the pacifers out of the younger ones mouths, waits until they cry and laughs then puts it back in. The mom will say, "Look, she is trying to sooth them!"

OR if the baby has a particular blanket that they carry around. She will come in and take it from their hands and put it onto their heads. The mom will say, "Awww, she is covering them up!"

I have talked to the mom that she is hurting, upsetting the babies and I have been working for months to stop the behaviour, but I feel like if the mom is standing their laughing at how cute it is....it is not going to change.

What do I do? I know that she is still young. But at this point I usually have the kiddies under good control, but not her. Outside of these behaviours, there are many many more.