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Since I am moving I only have one kid in care. A 10 month old. And then of course my own 19 month old.
Most days they go down at the same time between 11-12 for a nap and they both drop off to sleep quickly. Some days DCK needs a nap earlier than that and can't last until 11-12 and those are the days I dread!
Like today, DCB goes down at 10:30 and DS goes down at 12:00 on the dot. DS needed a little bit of back patting to get him to sleep today. He keeps crying for daddy as daddy has been working long hours this week so he needed a little reassurance. I happily sat on DSs bed and rubbed his back and told him he is okay and then I hear DCB screaming from the pack and play in the napping room. UGH!
He is ready to get up my DS isn't ready for me to leave yet so then I feel torn between the two of them. I know DCB can sit in there on his own for a little bit and USED to be able to chat happily to himself for a while but for some reason he has been crying at EVERYTHING.
SO at 12:15 I go in and get DCB and he is screaming, pick him up and he keeps screaming, lay him down to change him- still screaming, put him on the floor so I can throw away the diaper and wash my hands and he screams louder because I left the room.
I hate walking around on pins and needles during what is supposed to be my break to keep him quiet. He isn't normally like this either- it started after he was gone from here for a week when his dad was in town visiting.
And then DCM comes at the end of the day and asks how the "tyrant" was all day. And calls him a loser, and a cry baby, and refers to him and DCB as "damn f*cking kids"! Makes me sooooooooooooo uncomfortable!
Sorry, this kind of turned into a vent.
But, my question is: If DCB wakes up before I am ready to get him up like say I am helping my own DS to get to sleep like today. Would you leave DCB to cry for a bit? If so, what is an acceptable amount of time to let him cry? I feel like I SHOULD be dropping everything to go get him but I also feel like I have a duty to my own DS to not just abandon him when DCB needs me......
Most days they go down at the same time between 11-12 for a nap and they both drop off to sleep quickly. Some days DCK needs a nap earlier than that and can't last until 11-12 and those are the days I dread!
Like today, DCB goes down at 10:30 and DS goes down at 12:00 on the dot. DS needed a little bit of back patting to get him to sleep today. He keeps crying for daddy as daddy has been working long hours this week so he needed a little reassurance. I happily sat on DSs bed and rubbed his back and told him he is okay and then I hear DCB screaming from the pack and play in the napping room. UGH!
He is ready to get up my DS isn't ready for me to leave yet so then I feel torn between the two of them. I know DCB can sit in there on his own for a little bit and USED to be able to chat happily to himself for a while but for some reason he has been crying at EVERYTHING.
SO at 12:15 I go in and get DCB and he is screaming, pick him up and he keeps screaming, lay him down to change him- still screaming, put him on the floor so I can throw away the diaper and wash my hands and he screams louder because I left the room.
I hate walking around on pins and needles during what is supposed to be my break to keep him quiet. He isn't normally like this either- it started after he was gone from here for a week when his dad was in town visiting.
And then DCM comes at the end of the day and asks how the "tyrant" was all day. And calls him a loser, and a cry baby, and refers to him and DCB as "damn f*cking kids"! Makes me sooooooooooooo uncomfortable!
Sorry, this kind of turned into a vent.
But, my question is: If DCB wakes up before I am ready to get him up like say I am helping my own DS to get to sleep like today. Would you leave DCB to cry for a bit? If so, what is an acceptable amount of time to let him cry? I feel like I SHOULD be dropping everything to go get him but I also feel like I have a duty to my own DS to not just abandon him when DCB needs me......
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