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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You feel even more stressed because you’re doing this all day every day by being a stay at home mom, for dubious reasons at this point. You claim she is good for everyone else, then put her in a daycare. Maybe she will be happier around other kids her age as well. If she’s crying all day at home, I think it’s logical to let her go to daycare especially when you already established that she is well-behaved as long as she is not around you. It’s one thing if she gets kicked out of daycares and you had no choice but to stay home with her. But that is not the case here so I am perplexed as to why you keep on doing it. It also doesn’t sound like you’re financially struggling, so this whole thing is self inflicted.

Why continue to let her stay at home all day with you when she’s obviously not happy because she’s crying all day?

I have a kid who was a very very difficult infant. The type who cried all day and needed to be held all day and all night. I also quit my job to stay home with him. Even as he got older, he always needed my attention at all times. When he was around 18 months old I’ve had it, and decided I had to try daycare. I had avoided it for a long time because I was afraid he would get kicked out. Turns out he loved daycare. Never threw a tantrum there. I am told that he is among the most well-behaved child in his classes. He is much better now that he’s older.

I think you should give it a try. It’s unclear why you kept on staying at home with your child when you have admitted that she has a lot of behavior issues when she’s with you, and not with anyone else. That just doesn’t make any sense. [/quote]

This is the best advice on here. OP, your kid needs to go to daycare. It does not sound enjoyable for your child, and your kid sounds unhappy and anxious.

Have a friend in a similar situation or dynamic and I’d love to be able to simply tell her to send her kid to daycare and return to work. But she’s convinced that daycare is terrible and there’s no way her high needs clingy toddler could survive. Except I suspect it’s the opposite. Her child would likely thrive. For whatever reason the current arrangement isn’t working but the friend doubles down on staying home and spending 24-7 with the child.

At the very least send your child to all day preschool and start hiring sitters until she starts school. Your kid needs this and so do you.  [/quote]

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