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Uh oh.
My mom just came over to hug and kiss K and she picked K up and K started crying. I took her and she stopped as soon as I took her back.
Do you think she will do that while she's at daycare? I would hate for her to scream all day for a couple days. I guess that is one of the questions to ask the caregiver.
I guess I will see tomorrow when I let my sister watch her tomorrow while I interview.
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Re: Uh oh.
My little BIL used to scream when I would come to babysit. This was when he was around 1 though. He would cry and cry and say "mama, dada". I felt so bad for the little guy. Eventually he would calm down though. Although after the first time I babysat, anytime we would come over he would run and velcro himself to his mom because he thought we were there to babysit.
I think tomorrow will be a good test. You may find the separation is harder on you than it is on K!
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Totally this!
When I was a teacher in the toddler/infant rooms at a daycare, the little ones would usually cry for a while, especially if they were new, when mom/dad left but they always got better after a while. Some of the toddlers ended up liking daycare so much that it was actually more heartbreaking for the parents when their LO didn't want to leave! Hopefully you'll find a great provider who can both comfort and distract K so that she'll have a good time when you're at work. Good luck!
How long is a while?
or maybe I don't really want to know? oh no
Hey Ashley!
I am a nanny to a little girl and I started with her when mom went back to work after 8 weeks. All she did was scream. But anyone with any experience will expect that. What I had the mom do was put several receiving blankets & burp cloths on their bed and sleep on top of them to get their scent on them. Then whenever I picked up the baby, I had one of them laid on my shoulder and the baby could smell mommy & daddy. It made a WORLD of difference, almost overnight!
Oh, and the same trick works with baby's sheets when you're ready to switch from basinette to crib or crib to big girl bed. :-)
Don't be worried! I really don't remember that many crying babies at drop-off. Usually it was just when they were hungry.
I'd say with new babies it was maybe 10 minutes, but every baby is different. The good thing is that most of the infant room teachers really love the babies and are great with them. The directors know moms want the best with their tiny ones.
For the infants, it seemed like some of them would still be sleepy or totally asleep from the car-ride. A lot of the time the infants would be due for a bottle by the time they were dropped off (had one at 6 when they woke up and now it's 8 so they're hungry again) so that helped them relax as well. In the toddler room it was kind of the same since we served breakfast and the kids were excited to sit at the table and eat with their friends.
I know for you it will be heart-wrenching to leave her there, but a good provider will be fine with you staying as long as you need to make sure she transitions well. They shouldn't give you ANY flack for hanging around. Make sure that they keep detailed reports, and if it helps you, ask them to keep track of how long she fusses after you leave and what they did to calm her down. Give suggestions and bring her favorite toys/blankies.
Sometimes hanging around too long makes it worse, but in the beginning it's harder for you than it is for them. Promise!