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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it has anything to do with the daycare provider not being able to handle your DD.
I will give it to you straight: your child is difficult and she doesn't want to deal with her.  An 8 month-old should never have to be rocked for 10 minutes (likely longer for her) to go to sleep, especially when your daughter naps 2x per day.
As a childcare provider, I have found that the more high-needs a child (even that young), the more difficult the parents are.  I would rather fill the spot with a baby who won't cling to me all day.  Your baby needs a part-time nanny.
You need to work on this OP.[/quote]

But as a daycare provider, don't you have your own nap routine that you do with the kids and don't you have a transition process? Even babies understand that things work differently with different people - baby may nurse to sleep with mom, but obviously not with dad, and baby learns a new way to sleep when at daycare.

My provider has a set routine for naps and in her experience, kids adjust within a week, but for the first week, she's in transition mode with the kid - new baby goes down first, more experienced kids go down next since there's no fuss, then DCP circles back to newbie to rinse and repeat the routine as many times as needed. OP's provider is odd for not having a transition process and I'm a little curious how you can be a daycare provider without having one either. [/quote]

I am a daycare provider but NOT the one you are quoting. all providers are different, would really depend on individual situation, number of children in care, schedules, etc.

In my experience, I state in my contract I give it at least one month unless for some reason we see prior to that things really are not working out. It would have to be something really drastic. I had a child who started withh me at the age of 8-9 months old. All he had been around was is mom and family members who held him all the time. He Cried for ONE MONTH. I couldnt keep my windows open because i had a neighbor who would ask me what was wrong with this child for crying all the time. No matter how much I held him, rocked him, soothed him, etc. He screamed. I stuck it out for one month and just as I was getting ready to tell mom I just couldnt do it anymore, that it wasnt fair to him or the other kids (I had kids who would sit here with their hands over their ears) he stopped the crying. He ended up being one of my BEST daycare kids, I watched him from that time until he was entering 5th grade. I am thankful I stuck it out that long. [/quote]

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