Ridiculousness

[TwinMama]

So now the baby will go to sleep, but won't sleep longer than 45 minutes to an hour in the afternoon. Then starts screaming it's head off.

Mom says the only way he'll sleep at home is in a swing or in a pod where he's cuddled.

What would you do?

[littlefriends]

I’d tell her she’s got two weeks to get baby used to a crib or she’ll need to find new care. I’m not willing to lose my license because a mom doesn’t want to deal with what needs to be done.

[TwinMama]

I’d tell her she’s got two weeks to get baby used to a crib or she’ll need to find new care. I’m not willing to lose my license because a mom doesn’t want to deal with what needs to be done.

I don't know what she thinks she's going to do as the baby grows. She's not going to be able to keep him the swing much longer.

[Rockgirl]

I had a terrible infant napper. I posted about her, and about putting a sticker on the calendar. I kept putting her to bed and leaving her in bed for the duration of nap. She did get better, but I was prepared to term if she hadn’t. She had the loudest, most guttural scream-bawl I’ve ever dealt with.

Now she’s the happiest 3 year old girl ever. And a wonderful napper.

[littlefriends]

This type of scenario is exactly why I don’t take infants anymore I got so sick of the moms . Little BooBoo only likes his milk at exactly 99 degrees and you have to use the green blanket, not the blue one and he only sleeps if you hold him but you have to hum twinkle twinkle little star for the entire time he’s sleeping because he can’t sleep if you don’t and never feed him orange food because I think maybe he’s allergic to it even tho I’ve never had him tested and make sure you have the baby swing set at exactly 5 because that’s his favorite setting and...the list of demands is never ending.

[CityGarden]

Have you tried sitting down with her for a heart to heart? That kind of behavior at home is setting baby up for failure at daycare. If she wants to parent like that then she needs to keep baby at home with her.

I have not read all the post just the initial few but I agree with this above. I was an AP mom who co-slept and nursed on demand...

I was focused on building a secure attachment not on setting my dd up for healthy detachment. This was a choice I made (one I happen to not regret) but even as a SAHM it limited my child free time.... dd would not even go well to grandma or a babysitter for date nights. I kept dd home with me until preschool when she was old enough to understand in a different way my leaving and coming back and she never really slept well at preschool....

I think DCM needs to be intentional in her choices. A nanny willing to baby wear, etc could be a good idea. In my area a local provider charges a premium and keeps a smaller group of dcks (only 4) and she only takes one "infant in arms" and will baby wear the child, etc. but she charges accordingly!

[TwinMama]

This type of scenario is exactly why I don’t take infants anymore I got so sick of the moms . Little BooBoo only likes his milk at exactly 99 degrees and you have to use the green blanket, not the blue one and he only sleeps if you hold him but you have to hum twinkle twinkle little star for the entire time he’s sleeping because he can’t sleep if you don’t and never feed him orange food because I think maybe he’s allergic to it even tho I’ve never had him tested and make sure you have the baby swing set at exactly 5 because that’s his favorite setting and...the list of demands is never ending.

This seriously made me laugh out loud!!! It's funny cause it's true.