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I'm writing something up for a dcm of a 6 month old. I have had many issues with her and would like to have something in writing in regards to her babies sleep issues. I have talked to her about her child's inability to sleep here because I don't believe she is used to sleeping on a flat surface, alone and with out a lot of things like rocking or lovey. Dcm tells me baby sleeps great at home and she sleeps in a crib. She then asks me if I believe what she is saying. Hmmmm. I believe the there is a difference between can and does. So I want to talk one more time letting her know I am considering terming. That in order for this to work the baby needs to sleep in her crib alone with out rocking ALL THE TIME. Am I forgetting anything else I should require? She tells me that the baby falls asleep in the car so she then drives around. I ask why if she can sleep in a crib. Just transition her. Well she is a light sleeper. Well work on that!!!!! I need to avoid these conversations and just have a set of rules for her to follow. Any help?
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Also...6 month old can roll from back to front but I have only seen it a few times. Dcm said only once or twice at home. I really feel like baby is in swing, activity center, bouncer and high chair and never given opportunity for floor play. I do lots here and baby does not like it. Can I tell mom to lay off the swing and bouncer and activity center too? -
I'm guessing the baby is not fulltime? I would first suggest only taking in infants that come full time (5 days a week). I've learned that no matter how much you push parents to please keep their child on the same sleep schedule at home as they are in daycare, they just simply don't do it. I have two babies right now and both had issues sleeping in the beginning. I'm guessing because they sleep in swings, car seats, bouncers, etc. at home. But now that they are used to it at daycare, they are much better. The only problems I have now is ion Mondays because when they are at home all weekend they get out of daycare schedule. You could talk to the DCM and tell her you are concered about her babies sleeping at daycare. Tell her that she rarely sleeps and that it is affecting your daily schedule with the other children. Stress that it is HIGHLY affecting how you run your everyday routine. If she isn't selfish, she will either pull her child out or start doing things differently at home. It can be really steessful to a child If their parent doesn't follow through with what they are used to at daycare. Parents need to remember that we have their children, often times, more than they do.
Also, I think it is perfectly fine to request less swing and bouncer time at home.Comment
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The baby is full time. Mondays are horrible, Tuesdays really bad, wed not good, Thursday I can deal with it, Friday not bad. But I can't keep doing this cycle every week. Yesterday I called for pick up because the crying was so bad she woke up every dck. She was on the 3rd floor while all else on the 1st. Dcm keeps giving me suggestions on what to do here. Last night I told her baby need to go to bed later. She out baby in at 6:30. I want her to work with me and I feel like I need to lay down the rules now.Comment
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It sounds like you need to lay down the law. You are not being unreasonable by terminating care, if you have done everything you can to make it work. I guess what I would do at this point is tell the mom that you can no longer care for her child if things do not improve in the next two weeks. I always give at least two weeks notice, if not more when doing anything different in my daycare. Tell her that you simply feel bad for her child because she is not adjusting well AT ALL, and that you feel it's taking a huge toll on the child. If she is a full time baby, three is no reason for her to be struggling each day. Something has to be going on at home that you cannot fix.Comment
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I wrote out a basic list....no swing, no activity center, no bounce seat. Only floor or crib. Gave it to dcm and she was ok with it. I always think this mom will leave but I am again surprised. Hoping this will solve the problem.Comment
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