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OK, so I wrote about this kid before, but I'm reaching the end of my rope. A few of you said just to grin and bear it but it's becoming an issue not only for me, but for the other kids. My main issue is mostly naptime. Before this girl came, we would go down and read out books at 12:30, everyone would be out by 1. This was great.
New girl came and she just BAWLS during naptime. It's now been almost 2 months and its the same thing every day. She lays down and reads her book for 5 minutes. She tries to get up and leave the room, I place her back in her mat and she absolutely melts down. I give her her book and she'll calm down for a bit, rinse/repeat. Eventually I take away the book because she's just screaming her head off either way. So now she's screaming about me taking away her book instead of screaming about being made to lay down at naptime. She eventually just falls asleep, sometimes mid-wail. The more tired she is, it seems the more she fights me. She gets dropped off at 6:30-7 which I don't think is really that early for a 1pm nap. She is so loud everyone is kept up, even when she's in another room. She ends up keeping the majority of the kids up 30 mins past naptime is supposed to start (so 1:30 instead of 1). Her mom is adamant that I make her sleep with the others cus "she is not a special snowflake", which I honestly agree with. DCG has never been in care before so maybe she will eventually get over it? I have honestly come to dread naptime now because of her alone.
Her parents are divorcing and I've been told dad will not give her naps when he has her on the weekend. She will cry and he will say "Oh, guess you're not tired" and let her stay up. I feel this may be the source of this all because she thinks if she cries hard and long enough I'll give in just like dad? Her mom is more strict, but still sits with her and rubs her back to get her to sleep. At least she doesn't just give in when she cries I guess.
ETA: I've gotten her to sleep without crying exactly two times in the last 2 months. Both times I patted her back, but it doesn't seem to be sometimes that is fail safe, since I try this every day and it doesn't work.
Would you term over this? I really love her mom, she is down to earth and laid back. DCG is pretty good almost anytime that I don't have to redirect or correct her (she bawls at these times too). I actually enjoy her when she is not doing things like pulling seedlings out of my vegetable garden, or saying "mama" under her breath constantly. I'm very conflicted, don't know how much more I can handle the screaming at nap.
New girl came and she just BAWLS during naptime. It's now been almost 2 months and its the same thing every day. She lays down and reads her book for 5 minutes. She tries to get up and leave the room, I place her back in her mat and she absolutely melts down. I give her her book and she'll calm down for a bit, rinse/repeat. Eventually I take away the book because she's just screaming her head off either way. So now she's screaming about me taking away her book instead of screaming about being made to lay down at naptime. She eventually just falls asleep, sometimes mid-wail. The more tired she is, it seems the more she fights me. She gets dropped off at 6:30-7 which I don't think is really that early for a 1pm nap. She is so loud everyone is kept up, even when she's in another room. She ends up keeping the majority of the kids up 30 mins past naptime is supposed to start (so 1:30 instead of 1). Her mom is adamant that I make her sleep with the others cus "she is not a special snowflake", which I honestly agree with. DCG has never been in care before so maybe she will eventually get over it? I have honestly come to dread naptime now because of her alone.
Her parents are divorcing and I've been told dad will not give her naps when he has her on the weekend. She will cry and he will say "Oh, guess you're not tired" and let her stay up. I feel this may be the source of this all because she thinks if she cries hard and long enough I'll give in just like dad? Her mom is more strict, but still sits with her and rubs her back to get her to sleep. At least she doesn't just give in when she cries I guess.
ETA: I've gotten her to sleep without crying exactly two times in the last 2 months. Both times I patted her back, but it doesn't seem to be sometimes that is fail safe, since I try this every day and it doesn't work.
Would you term over this? I really love her mom, she is down to earth and laid back. DCG is pretty good almost anytime that I don't have to redirect or correct her (she bawls at these times too). I actually enjoy her when she is not doing things like pulling seedlings out of my vegetable garden, or saying "mama" under her breath constantly. I'm very conflicted, don't know how much more I can handle the screaming at nap.
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