Yarnlover, I had a record settin 7 month screamer, another screamed for 4 months, and another screamed for 2 months. I admit that those were really, really difficult months for me and for all the other children in care. We were all exhausted at the end of the day. But my rule is this: If I ask the parents for help and they are helping me at home I do not terminate, I keep trying. I terminated in my first year in business two families who would not help me or listen to me. Now they all know at the interview about my rule, but it isn't actually written down in my contract.

I don't think 2 weeks is long enough for a new baby, no matter what their age, to adjust. Put yourself in that little one's place in a strange place with strange faces all around, it's scary!