HELP Please! 6 Month Old DCK Will Not Sleep and Cries Constantly!

[Ariana]

If you continue to see behaviors at your house that don't support what mom says.....I'd ask mom to video her (or dad) putting baby down. Tell her you want to see exactly how they are doing it because it's not working for you.

Honestly, I don't buy it....most parents will automatically tell you they stopped doing X the second X becomes the reason for the unwanted or tough behaviors.

This for sure. Most parents just want to get out of your house at the end of the day and don't want the lengthy conversations about how the day went so they just tell you what you want to hear. If they are putting her down to sleep without nursing then she should be doing it at your house.

[kitykids3]

So, whether they want to hear the negatives or not, you need to get the parents on the same page as you so that baby will sleep. U can't nurse the baby to sleep so she needs to stop that at home. She also needs to help sleep train the baby at home. You both need to find a way that can be done at home and at daycare to put the baby to sleep. I have always told my parents to get their baby ready to be placed in the crib on their back, with no blanket, nothing, so that they will be able to sleep here. That is the only way I do it here (safest) so if they want their baby to sleep well at daycare, I tell them they need to do the same at home. No breastfeeding cuz I can't. Baby has to be used to some noise. I will rock them for a few minutes and put them in crib half asleep so they learn to put themselves to sleep.

[Boymom]

OP, I totally know how you feel! I could have written the original post myself a few months ago! I ended up terming because we were all absolutely miserable. She wouldn't stay asleep for long at all and she screamed and cried and screamed some more as loud as she could and woke everyone else up UGH! Loudest baby on earth, I swear ! And then she would be incredibly fussy the rest of the day because she didn't get a nap. And on top of all of that, she fought every single bottle. I did this for months and I just couldn't do it anymore. I almost closed my daycare because of her. After I termed, I didn't find the right family right away, but God always provides and now my daycare is happy again :-)

[Crazy Baby]

I am going to stick it out a while longer. I really like the parents and the schedule goes so well with mine. I am hoping that the baby will come around eventually.

But yeah, I cannot even believe that the baby is physically capable of staying up that long.

[TwinKristi]

Oye... I searched up crying knowing I would find a million posts and glad I found a newer one.

I have an 11.5 mo dcb who is a crier. He's also been sick a LOT since I've had him. It's been hard. He hasn't been here this week (sick) and it's like my heart rate stays at a normal level, I can sit down and eat and I don't have a headache. The problem is I really like the mom! She is always nice, she is respectful, she appreciates me and what I do and really I couldn't ask for a better daycare mom. It's really hard though because her son cries all.day.long unless I'm holding him. I have tried wearing him in a carrier but I won't allow him to sleep in it. I have tried letting him cry and some days he naps, some days he won't. I have hoped it would get better once he was mobile, but he is able to move around quite a bit and still cries. Now he can just follow me around crying. Joy!

[MunchkinWrangler]

I am going to stick it out a while longer. I really like the parents and the schedule goes so well with mine. I am hoping that the baby will come around eventually.

But yeah, I cannot even believe that the baby is physically capable of staying up that long.

Question: Are you feeding her before putting her down? I always find a full tummy helps. Even if you have to change the nap routine, eventually she will get used to your routine during the day. A blanket sleeper is also useful, I would ask the parents to provide this. This does take time and you will have to set nap routines. I have always changed their diaper, fed, and then put down. I also try to find absolute times for nap, some parents don't like this but your issue could be lying in the fact that she doesn't have a schedule at home. Meaning nap times and feedings are not planned and are all over the place, this makes babies insecure as they don't know what is coming next. I would also be very aware that the max awake time for an infant this age is usually no more than 2 hours, anything over that causes over stimulation and an infant who is overtired is physically and mentally stressed and it's painful causing a long crying jag, sometimes meaning that they end up crying themselves to sleep. I hope this is helpful. My biggest resource, even though the site mentions things that sometimes can't be used in daycare, is preciouslittlesleep.com. There is some great advice that has been helpful to me.