I have a 1 year old that I've had here for the last 3 months. His mom thinks he's perfect, but don't they all. She said he would fall asleep in your arms then be out for his nap. Well I did that for our first 2 weeks and I was trying to wean him to fall asleep by himself but this is the angriest baby I've ever worked with. He will scream and scream and scream if he wakes up alone, he still won't fall asleep without you holding him a certain way and staring at him. You can't put him down until he goes limp, almost out doesn't cut it, if he opens his eyes he wakes up completely then starts his angry cry. He cries out of insult if you even turn away from him while you're helping another child. He expects all of the attention and hates playing outside because I'm all over the place helping kids onto swings or running and kicking balls. He can walk around just fine and although is slower I try to include him in everything I can. Which is a lot. The kids prefer to play with smaller toys and close by me too since they are all 2 and he's 1.
Just yesterday I was picking strawberries for lunch on the other side of the chain link fence. I was 3 feet from him and fully visible, facing him even, all the other children were playing and he was crying his angry cry, shaking the fence because I was not right beside him.
Mom doesn't want to believe her son isn't happy all day and smiley so she doesn't hear me when I say we had a bad day, but I also think she'll think is my lack of years in the field that are why we have the issue. She doesn't see it. I don't believe in crying it out, but she doesn't believe he should ever cry. Her older child or her is entertaining him at home the whole weekend and evenings. I can't do that!
Am I in the wrong? Am I expecting too much from a 1 year old? My daughter at 1 was not super independent, but could fall asleep on her own and could play outside. Even my very stubborn niece could. I have a 5m old here at care too and she's way easier to put down for nap. I know they are all different but he's just always angry! So I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do.
Am I expecting too much from a 1 year old? I can't "fix" him since DCPs reinforce his behavior every day, but because this is their parenting style, they don't ever see this side of him maybe???
And if I decided to term, how do you term a child when the parents think it's the perfect fit and you know they won't understand because they aren't hearing the issue. What do I do? He's only here 4 days a week and it feels like the worst 4 days, Friday can't come quickly enough because he's not here.
Help?!?!!?
Just yesterday I was picking strawberries for lunch on the other side of the chain link fence. I was 3 feet from him and fully visible, facing him even, all the other children were playing and he was crying his angry cry, shaking the fence because I was not right beside him.
Mom doesn't want to believe her son isn't happy all day and smiley so she doesn't hear me when I say we had a bad day, but I also think she'll think is my lack of years in the field that are why we have the issue. She doesn't see it. I don't believe in crying it out, but she doesn't believe he should ever cry. Her older child or her is entertaining him at home the whole weekend and evenings. I can't do that!
Am I in the wrong? Am I expecting too much from a 1 year old? My daughter at 1 was not super independent, but could fall asleep on her own and could play outside. Even my very stubborn niece could. I have a 5m old here at care too and she's way easier to put down for nap. I know they are all different but he's just always angry! So I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do.
Am I expecting too much from a 1 year old? I can't "fix" him since DCPs reinforce his behavior every day, but because this is their parenting style, they don't ever see this side of him maybe???
And if I decided to term, how do you term a child when the parents think it's the perfect fit and you know they won't understand because they aren't hearing the issue. What do I do? He's only here 4 days a week and it feels like the worst 4 days, Friday can't come quickly enough because he's not here.
Help?!?!!?
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