I have had a little boy here for a year. He is almost 2 now. When he started no issues starting daycare at all. Adjusted very well. When he started I didn't have as many kids as gradually there has been more added. He started at 3 days a week. Then schedule changes and he is here minimum 3 days a week. I told them I can't guarantee a spot for less than 3 days. So one week might be 3 but the next could be 4 or 5. Over the past few months he has started crying when he is dropped off. Not the normal little cry than stops. He escalates. You can't calm him. He actually goes around the room looking at whoever is there and than cries louder and louder. I usually try to let him stop on his own. Remove him to the other room to a playpen. Since he begins to get all the other kids crying. Usually stops within 10-15 minutes. But it has started becoming longer for him to settle. and he is getting louder. I had a few issues with him hitting other children for no reason. Just reaching up and hitting a little girl in the face with a closed hand. At times he just cries when you ask him not to do something. Today I gave the kids their snack. He wasn't eating. I said in a very nice tone. Eat your snack. He looks at my daughter starts to ball. I've asked him to help clean up toys. He starts crying. I've talked to the mom and asked a couple times now if maybe there is a reason he reacts that way. Try to figure out how to stop it. She always says he is probably tired or getting sick. But he had just slept 2 and half hours. Or he never actually ends of sick. I had this boys sister here for daycare for a few months. She is older. But she reacts the same ways. She is playing a games with another child. Child doesn't want to play with her because she isn't playing nice. And she sulks. Sulks like I have never seen before. She cries at a drop of a hat as well.
Anyone ever have a child like this? I really am wondering if maybe this is how the parents are reacting/acting at home. My guess is either someone is screaming at him alot or someone is screaming and the other parent is coddling the child. Love to know how other deal with a child like this. Seems like the more attention I give when he is like this the worst it gets. Basically now I put him upstairs in the playpen and tell him when he stops crying he can come back down. Then I proceed to go and up and down. Over and over. Usually the first, second and third time I open the door he looks at me and starts all over again. If I try to pick him up he screams more. If I try to bring him back with the other kids he will go in their face and cry. directly looking at them. There was a couple of days last week I couldn't look at him for about an hour. When he was looking at me I would have to walk around and not look directly at him if he was looking at me.
Anyone ever have a child like this? I really am wondering if maybe this is how the parents are reacting/acting at home. My guess is either someone is screaming at him alot or someone is screaming and the other parent is coddling the child. Love to know how other deal with a child like this. Seems like the more attention I give when he is like this the worst it gets. Basically now I put him upstairs in the playpen and tell him when he stops crying he can come back down. Then I proceed to go and up and down. Over and over. Usually the first, second and third time I open the door he looks at me and starts all over again. If I try to pick him up he screams more. If I try to bring him back with the other kids he will go in their face and cry. directly looking at them. There was a couple of days last week I couldn't look at him for about an hour. When he was looking at me I would have to walk around and not look directly at him if he was looking at me.
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