Non Sleeping Baby.....Any Advice Will Help

[countrymom]

its your schedual, you need to adjust it. I have a 9month old here too. she arrives at 730too. Before she arrives she gets a bottle at home, make sure mom gives him a bottle before he comes to your house.

So, at 815 or 830 I feed the baby cereal (like rice or mixed fruit) then I give her some milk to wash it down, usually she takes a small sip. Then I let her play till 9am and then its bed, till 1030am, I wake her up.

at 11am I give her a small snack (she doesn't want to drink her milk except maybe 2 or 3 oz) like smashed bananas or yogurt. Then at 12pm she has lunch and she plays till 115 or 130pm and then she goes to sleep. At 4pm I give her a bottle.

so try stretching the the time he goes to bed, and feed him good. I started giving her more food and the morning snack after I realized that she wasn't drinking her 11am bottle and was only sleeping for an hour, turned out that she was really hungry thats why she was waking up. When she goes home, she eats dinner at 530pm and a bottle at 7pm and then thats it, nothing inbetween, and she is hungry thats why she is waking at night too.

[renodeb]

I have termed over constant crying but that was back when I was doing daycare in a very small house. We did not have the space or the patient to deal with prolonged crying. Now, its no problem. Our house is more than twice the size of our last, everyone has their own room to sleep in. Anyway, if you really feel like you are on your last nerve with this little one, have a frank conversation with the parents and get this resolved. At this point, you have been doing your plan and CIO for a month with no results, correct? and hes full time? Dont feel bad to admit that you (and the other kids) cannot handle this crying anymore. Either way, it ends good for you....either the parents jump in and figure out what is going on or he goes to another daycare, either way, problem is solved for you. I hate for that to sound harsh but hearing a screaming child all day is too much for you, especially when you already have the other kids to care for. Think of how sick they must be to have to hear the screaming too. Are there any other concerns with the baby...aggressive behavior....is he happy at other times during the day?

I had termed for constant crying, it was really a hard decision but was so glad once the child was gone. There has to be something else to the puzzle. Dont give up on naps, he needs down time and you need a brake.Does he wake up screaming as well? Parents will very often not be truthful when it comes to there children. Constant crying can be such a drain. Let us know what happens.