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help needed, please!

bdrisc8bdrisc8 member
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Okay so every morning, my son knows when my husband is getting ready to leave for work and he just starts hysterically crying and follows him around the house then my husband will pick him up and tell him it's okay and that he'll see him after work then gives him a hug and passes him to me so he can leave, this is where he really gets mad and usually hits me. Once he leaves its usually fine, he gets over it and we're on with our day. Today he actually cried for an additional 10 minutes after he left and went in the living room where he began hitting our recliner. We have tried everything we could think of, Michael held him a couple times during the whole process of him getting ready and out the door, I've held him while Michael got ready, I try playing with him in our play room while Michael is getting ready to distract him and as soon as he hears his keys he starts crying, and Michael has actually taken him to work once because he was freaking out that bad so I had to follow behind to bring him back home and we obviously can't do that everyday. I'm just out of ideas on what to do. It's just so sad that he gets this upset, Michael feels bad going to work. Please throw any ideas this way!
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Re: help needed, please!

  • coffeeandbookscoffeeandbooks member
    edited October 2014
    My LOs favorite thing is going outside, so when our siiter comes and he acts clingy and upset I tell LO that the sitter is going to take him outside and they can play ball. This usually is enough for him to give me a final hug and go with her.  Maybe this would work or is there something else that your LO really loves to do that you could do with him during that pass off?
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  • bdrisc8bdrisc8 member
    Thank you sooooo much ladies! All are great ideas that I'll try tomorrow! He also loves going outside so I'll try that. Thank you again!
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  • c-elizabethfc-elizabethf member
    tricia560 said:

    We've had this issue on and off with daycare drop offs; what gets us through is having an established good bye routine that we follow and talking it through before it happens (Ok Bud, we're almost to school--we'll go in and say hi to your teach and put your stuff away, then you can give me a kiss and I'm going to work and you're going to stay and play hard and learn stuff) and then when we're there the teacher jumps in and asks for his help with something, since he's in a helpful phase right now.  Consistency has been key so far, and also once I do the saying goodbye routine, I don't linger, it just makes it worse.

    And Daniel Tiger, if you don't mind screen time.  I already love that Tiger, and damn if I don't go to work humming "Grown ups come back."  We also sing "Clothes on, eat breakfast, brush teeth, put on shoes and go to school" when we do each step...


    My dd loves Daniel tiger, we watch it on Netflix and I swear dh and I know every single song lol. It's a cute show :)
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  • kcwnckcwnc member
    We have the same problem when I go to work. We've been using a routine for when I leave him at home with daddy and for when I drop him off at the sitters. He's started to scale down his reaction for both finally. Today I even got my first wave bye bye, he usually tries to wave at whoever I'm leaving him with while I'm hugging him good bye.

    I suggest a routine each morning that way he knows what to expect.
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