Good parent, regular schedule, healthy habits at home. But:
We're wrapping up week 3 of full-time care, and she SHOUTS for her mom. I ask her to either sit and cuddle (she doesn't want to [unless I've got a baby on my lap 9_9]) or go sit in the quiet corner. She picks the quiet corner and hollers in there, then comes out and starts following me around, shouting. She shouts when we're outside (I ask her to sit in a pop-up play cube, and she sits in there and shouts "Mom! Mom! Mom!" for about 1/3 of the time we're outside). She shouts during nap time, so I have to have her nap separately. She is shouting right now, and since it's infant nap time, I'm out of spare rooms to keep her from upsetting the other toddler and my own preschooler.
The mom pays on time and is easygoing, and the kid is bright and fastidious and polite and good at playing with others. I'd like to keep this family.
Is three weeks with no improvement typical of a 2yo with these other factors?
Do you have any recommendations?
- She's never been in care before
- Her dad is in the process of leaving (he isn't involved in payment or drop-off/pick-up so we're having no issues thus far with that)
- She's speech-delayed (will start therapy after she's recovered from her adenoid surgery)
- She's also hungry, because she barely eats when she's here; her mom says they have the same issue at home. She was a preemie and never developed good eating habits
We're wrapping up week 3 of full-time care, and she SHOUTS for her mom. I ask her to either sit and cuddle (she doesn't want to [unless I've got a baby on my lap 9_9]) or go sit in the quiet corner. She picks the quiet corner and hollers in there, then comes out and starts following me around, shouting. She shouts when we're outside (I ask her to sit in a pop-up play cube, and she sits in there and shouts "Mom! Mom! Mom!" for about 1/3 of the time we're outside). She shouts during nap time, so I have to have her nap separately. She is shouting right now, and since it's infant nap time, I'm out of spare rooms to keep her from upsetting the other toddler and my own preschooler.
The mom pays on time and is easygoing, and the kid is bright and fastidious and polite and good at playing with others. I'd like to keep this family.
Is three weeks with no improvement typical of a 2yo with these other factors?
Do you have any recommendations?
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