Okay, so I've got a new dcb3. He's been coming for a couple weeks. They show up around 9:00 which is right when we are supposed to be starting circle time.
Dcb plays mom like a fiddle. He whines and cries for her to stay, she tells him "just for a few minutes." She takes off her shoes and comes and sits with us for circle time I stop what I'm doing. After a couple minutes, I tell dcb that we need to get on with our day and do circle time. I always hope when she realizes she's holding us up, she will leave. Instead, she picks up a book and reads it to him. It's very disruptive and holds up our schedule when she's here for 10-15 minutes.
She finally tells him she has to go to work. He makes a big production and cries, whines, all of a sudden needs a big hug and kiss from her, etc. Of course, he is fine by the time she gets to her car.
How do I end this? I understand it's hard for parents to leave their kids when they are crying, but I've told her over and over that he's fine as soon as she leaves and I send pictures.
He's coming tomorrow and I'm already dreading the drop-off. How do I handle this?
Dcb plays mom like a fiddle. He whines and cries for her to stay, she tells him "just for a few minutes." She takes off her shoes and comes and sits with us for circle time I stop what I'm doing. After a couple minutes, I tell dcb that we need to get on with our day and do circle time. I always hope when she realizes she's holding us up, she will leave. Instead, she picks up a book and reads it to him. It's very disruptive and holds up our schedule when she's here for 10-15 minutes.
She finally tells him she has to go to work. He makes a big production and cries, whines, all of a sudden needs a big hug and kiss from her, etc. Of course, he is fine by the time she gets to her car.
How do I end this? I understand it's hard for parents to leave their kids when they are crying, but I've told her over and over that he's fine as soon as she leaves and I send pictures.
He's coming tomorrow and I'm already dreading the drop-off. How do I handle this?
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