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I have a mother who insists I hold her 2-1/2 year old son when she brings him in the mornings. She has a degree in early childhood development and she works at a daycare center in the administration dept. (I know, why doesnt she take her son there- I'll tell you why- she once told me that they dont hold the kids enough there, 
). Anyway, no matter what I am doing when they walk in, she insists I hold him. I was doing my daughters hair last week for her school pictures and was in a bit of a rush. This mom tried to get him to sit down and do a puzzle, but when he didnt want to she said "here" and handed him to me. I said "Im doing her hair for her school pictures, so do you want to sit in the booster or in one of these other chairs" to dcb who started whining. I mean this is ridiculous! This a.m., I was making pancakes and she brings him over to me and hands him to me. ENOUGH, this child is old enough to be put down on the floor. Let him cry and walk away! When they leave at the end of the day, she lets him walk out on his own and he runs around my yard for 15 minutes because he wont listen to her when she tells him to come get in the vehicle to leave. I think she is so afraid of upsetting him that she just gives in to whatever makes him happy. If it was one of my kids, I would pick their butt up and carry them over to my van and strap them in! And, when my kids went to daycare, my husband walked them in took off their coat handed the coat to the provider told our daughters goodbye and left. Does anyone else have this problem? And what do you do about it? I have said multiple times- "your a big boy, you dont need me to hold you" in front of his mom, but she ignores it. Also, I have tennis elbow in my left arm and have alot of pain, so it really doesnt feel good to be picking up these kids all day, kwim?
). Anyway, no matter what I am doing when they walk in, she insists I hold him. I was doing my daughters hair last week for her school pictures and was in a bit of a rush. This mom tried to get him to sit down and do a puzzle, but when he didnt want to she said "here" and handed him to me. I said "Im doing her hair for her school pictures, so do you want to sit in the booster or in one of these other chairs" to dcb who started whining. I mean this is ridiculous! This a.m., I was making pancakes and she brings him over to me and hands him to me. ENOUGH, this child is old enough to be put down on the floor. Let him cry and walk away! When they leave at the end of the day, she lets him walk out on his own and he runs around my yard for 15 minutes because he wont listen to her when she tells him to come get in the vehicle to leave. I think she is so afraid of upsetting him that she just gives in to whatever makes him happy. If it was one of my kids, I would pick their butt up and carry them over to my van and strap them in! And, when my kids went to daycare, my husband walked them in took off their coat handed the coat to the provider told our daughters goodbye and left. Does anyone else have this problem? And what do you do about it? I have said multiple times- "your a big boy, you dont need me to hold you" in front of his mom, but she ignores it. Also, I have tennis elbow in my left arm and have alot of pain, so it really doesnt feel good to be picking up these kids all day, kwim?
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