I have a 7 month old little guy, he has been here since August, 3 days per week. The three days that he is here are always 3 days in a row, usually W-F and then he is with Mom and Dad for the weekend and then Grandma Monday and Tuesday. Mom and Dad are both teachers so they were home with him all of last summer. When he first started he was taking a morning nap of about 45 minutes and an after noon nap of an hour or two. It took a while and a lot of CIO but I finally got him to take two good (2 hr) naps per day. There was a schedule change for one week which put him at home or with Grandma for 6 days, that was the end of it! The last two weeks have been a nightmare and not only with naps, he is just not a content kid. He is not content to play on the floor for more than a minute or two, same with the saucer or jumper. He wants someone to sit with him and entertain him all the time, if he isn't getting it he screams.....blood curdleing, no tears screams. He is also now back to taking short 1/2 hr naps, but yet he isn't ready to get up because if I get him up he is ready to go back down a half hour to 45 minutes later. To let him CIO, he will scream ,again with no tears ( just mad) for as long as I leave him in bed. I wouldn't mind getting him up before nap time was over if he were happy but he isn't so he then ends up waking everybody else up. He is fine as long as I am doing HIM but the minute I put him down he starts screaming. I don't want to term this little guy, he has the potential of being a great daycare child but right now I am dreading when he comes through the door tomorrow. I hate feeling like that towards any of my kids.
Sorry this is so long but I'm hoping that somebody has some suggestions as to how to stop the screaming and help him to become more content.
Sorry this is so long but I'm hoping that somebody has some suggestions as to how to stop the screaming and help him to become more content.
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