Over sensitive - strategies to help.

[Fun&care]

I had a DCB like this too. Cried louder and longer than the one in trouble/ hurt. I didn't find there was much I could do. For a while, he had improved, but when mom went on mat leave and his attendance dropped to one day per week, it got bad all over again. I actually decided to terminate him because it was just too much. He was the only daycare child I ever had who genuinely seemed to really not like it here at all. He had bad separation anxiety from the start too. He really seemed like one of those kids who may not be a good fit for daycare at all. Some kids just don't thrive in this environment, mind you who knows maybe in a new daycare he will do awesome. I know that he was babied at home and given constant attention from mom and dad and that defitenetely played a part.

I can't believe your clients are rocking a 2.5 year old to bed! That is absurd! I wonder what would happen if she went to bed at a normal time with no disruptions...I bet it would make a HUGE difference! I would be tempted to have a serious convo with the parenst about it!

[Lee-Bee]

I had a DCB like this too. Cried louder and longer than the one in trouble/ hurt. I didn't find there was much I could do. For a while, he had improved, but when mom went on mat leave and his attendance dropped to one day per week, it got bad all over again. I actually decided to terminate him because it was just too much. He was the only daycare child I ever had who genuinely seemed to really not like it here at all. He had bad separation anxiety from the start too. He really seemed like one of those kids who may not be a good fit for daycare at all. Some kids just don't thrive in this environment, mind you who knows maybe in a new daycare he will do awesome. I know that he was babied at home and given constant attention from mom and dad and that defitenetely played a part.

I can't believe your clients are rocking a 2.5 year old to bed! That is absurd! I wonder what would happen if she went to bed at a normal time with no disruptions...I bet it would make a HUGE difference! I would be tempted to have a serious convo with the parenst about it!

There is no convincing this family to change. I came to terms long ago they do things there way and I do things mine AND they don't need to know details on my way. Their child sleeps here, they know it, they don't need to know the process in how that came to be. They don't ask, I don't tell. I have, many times, sent home long details strategies on how to aid their child to sleep at home (at their request) every single time they made a half attempt then stopped per the child's demand. It's on them. According them I am the only person their child sleeps for without motion. They either rock her or drive her. Yep… their routine for all naps was to drive, in circles, for hours ever day. Not sure if they still do that, I don't care to know. I explained at one point when they asked that a child rocked to sleep cannot sleep past one sleep cycle because they wake confused as to why they are no longer being rocked. And that by rocking in the first place means they haven't learned to put them self to sleep. Makes sense to me… but wasn't what they wanted to hear.