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I have a home daycare and have for 4 years now. My son who's 2.5 is miserable the majority of the day, most days. He cries, is overly sensitive and won't give up his pacifier during the day while the daycare kids are there. I have a relatively small group, and I thought the problems was certain kids. They left, my son got better for a coupl weeks and is back at it. I don't know what to do about it, but I cannot handle him crying all the time! Any advice would be helpful! Thanks!
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sounds like he needs a big dose of "big boy" treatment....starting with the pacifier be gone, cold turkey, throw them out so you arent tempted to give back when he is crying. Assuming there are no special needs issues here, I would imagine that he is being like this because you allow it or give excuses for the behavior. Sometimes when my own kids start getting out of control, I step back from the situation and imagine how I would do things if this was a daycare child. This thought had me take away my 15 month olds paci this week....she really doesnt "need" it but was spending a good part of her day crawling around crying for one. Two days later and she is over it and they are gone for good. I would never have allowed a 15 month old daycare child to have a paci all day so really, in this case, it was good reminder that she is capable of going without it....just needed to take my mommy emotions out of the equation. Might be time to have a good hard look at your own responsibility in creating your son to be this way. Do you require him to use his words at all time? Do you have any consequences for prolonged crying and whining for him? Is he on a good routine with healthy meals and nap times? Do you have age appropriate expectations of him?
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