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He's overtired. Often when small children are not given adequate rest they will reach a wired, almost manic stage. Then, they will eventually fall out. I often wonder how many diagnosed cases of adhd were actually due to inadequate rest. He needs a schedule and to be put down way before he hits that manic stage, and weirdly, the more rest he get's the longer and better he'll start to sleep. Sleep begets sleep! As for what YOU can do about it without mom's cooperation, I have no idea. I have 1 just like him, and unless mom gets on board real fast I doubt he'll be here much longer. I hate to say this but in my area, at least, this is becoming the new norm... The no parenting parent.
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That made me laugh! My DCFs are always amazed if they happen to pick up while I am changing their child's diaper, and the child is laying calmly and quietly (with no toys) for me. I just tell them that they learn that with me, diaper changing is all business. I am not afraid to hold down their arms and/or legs with my feet to keep them still while I clean a mess. In fact, it's one thing that keeps me limber!:
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Yes, parents don't want to bother being parents! MANY of my kids over the past few years have been taken out to late night social activities that their parents want to be involved in. Often, the parent comes in here and tells me that she and her child were out late and didn't get to sleep until going on midnight!
Every morning, almost every one of my kids come into daycare exhausted! I am constantly telling them to 'wake up' and play or join in the activities we are doing. I tried to start having them come in and take a nap first thing, but then one of the parents got online and started talking trash about me for doing so. So, I decided that it is not at all normal to have kids take a nap when the first get to daycare, so I stopped doing that. But, I tell you, that's what they all need!
Another thing that I've learned is that the parents leave their child sleeping in the morning until it's practically time to walk out the door to go to daycare. I couldn't tell you how many parents have told me that they dress their child while the child is half asleep in bed and then rip them out of bed and drive here. They don't even wake their children up early enough for them to actually wake up before they arrive here.
So, between the parents keeping the children out half of the night so they can have their social time and then ripping them out of bed half asleep to leave for daycare, no wonder the children are crying, hateful, and trying to fall back asleep as soon as they get here!Comment
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KIDSRMYBIZ,
OMG!!!! I thought I was the only person who literally held their arms down with my legs to change their diapers!!
And, since you do the same thing, you know that typically, after a few times of doing that, the child learns to stay still for their diaper change. It usually only takes me a couple of times to get a child trained to co-operating with me for a diaper change. But not this child! After 2 1/2 months, I am STILL putting my legs over his arms EVERY time I change him! I have tried a few times to not do so and test him to see if he's learned how to stay still, but he hasn't.
See, things like that are part of the reasons that I wonder if he has ADHD. I've been doing daycare for over 20 years, and no, I don't usually take kids under 18 months, but due to financial necessity, do every once in a while have to take younger ones. And this child in particular is off the chart difficult in everything I try to do with him.Comment
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I'll tell you what not to do....strap him into a car seat and lock him alone in a closet to die.
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Now for helpful advice. One of my little guys started doing that when he was about 14m. Trying to keep him still was pointless. I laid him down in his pnp and when he tried to climb out I would lay him down and tell him if he tried to climb out again I would put him in his sleep sack. He slept/screamed in his sleep sack 5 or 6 times and then decided that maybe he would stay in his pnp after all. They are smarter than people give them credit for
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