Hey everyone.
So I have this 12month old dcb who started on the 2nd of september. The first week all he did was cry. I eventually would have to just put him in his playpen and ignore him as nothing I did would soothe him and he wanted me carrying him 24/7. It was the only way the other kids and I could have somewhat of our normal routine. We have also stayed out of our normal out of daycare activities (a preschool program where the caregiver attends with the children, gymnastics etc) while i tried to transition him.
Anyways, now he is entering his third week here. He is no longer crying during his awake time. But naps are a nightmare! The little girl that shares a room with him would sleep thru a hurricane and is not bothered by him, but he just SCREAMS at the top of his lungs the entire time. He falls asleep for maybe 15 min. and if there is any noise he is up screaming. All my other dck nap, from 1-4 years old. And they are all on the same schedule. I have never had problems adjusting kids to my 1:00-3:00 napping schedule at all.
Mom insists he naps in the morning from 9:00-10:00 and again after lunch. But then wants him to have a bottle at 2:00??? I have been humouring her requests til now, but I am going to have to tell her simply that her son will be spending the majority of his time here now and although her schedule may have worked well for her when she was at home with him, he is going to have to adjust to what works well for ALL of us in the daycare.
My thoughts are he is probably not sleeping in the afternoon because he isn't tired after that morning nap. Which just doesn't work for me AT ALL. I asked dad at pickup to please pass on to mom (they are not together) that we will be dropping the morning nap and if she could please do so at home as well.
Was this the right thing to do?
So I have this 12month old dcb who started on the 2nd of september. The first week all he did was cry. I eventually would have to just put him in his playpen and ignore him as nothing I did would soothe him and he wanted me carrying him 24/7. It was the only way the other kids and I could have somewhat of our normal routine. We have also stayed out of our normal out of daycare activities (a preschool program where the caregiver attends with the children, gymnastics etc) while i tried to transition him.
Anyways, now he is entering his third week here. He is no longer crying during his awake time. But naps are a nightmare! The little girl that shares a room with him would sleep thru a hurricane and is not bothered by him, but he just SCREAMS at the top of his lungs the entire time. He falls asleep for maybe 15 min. and if there is any noise he is up screaming. All my other dck nap, from 1-4 years old. And they are all on the same schedule. I have never had problems adjusting kids to my 1:00-3:00 napping schedule at all.
Mom insists he naps in the morning from 9:00-10:00 and again after lunch. But then wants him to have a bottle at 2:00??? I have been humouring her requests til now, but I am going to have to tell her simply that her son will be spending the majority of his time here now and although her schedule may have worked well for her when she was at home with him, he is going to have to adjust to what works well for ALL of us in the daycare.
My thoughts are he is probably not sleeping in the afternoon because he isn't tired after that morning nap. Which just doesn't work for me AT ALL. I asked dad at pickup to please pass on to mom (they are not together) that we will be dropping the morning nap and if she could please do so at home as well.
Was this the right thing to do?
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