Crying Infant

Hi K.,

This is normal. I run a daycare and there is always a period of adjustment. I would like to know if your son was held alot? If so, your daycare provider may not be able to hold him as much. Does she keep a record of when the baby eats, gets changed? It could be that she has a rigid schedule or that she just has not adapted to his needs yet. Give it some time, if it continues for 4-6 weeks, I would look for a provider that is able to accomodate your son on his needs schedule instead of the provider that you have. I have a 3 month old that is only here 2 days a week and is always held at home and when he is here he expects to be held here...which is something I am not able to with 3 toddlers and a 5 month old. Let me know if you have any other questions. Good Luck.

Deb

always remember to put on his socks for some reson they like thier feet cover and make sure he can see out of his bed. they fell like they are in a box if they can't see out. i never did the daycare thing i watched to many things on tv and it sceared me to much to leave him with someone.i couldn't trust anyone.

I have had one very bad daycare experience of the three my son has been in and think it's really important every parent keeps a close eye on things.
If I were you, I would be consistent in picking him up around the same time each day and then do the occasional drive by to check up on him. I'm sure every day care provider besides the one I have now hated me with a passion for not trusting them very much...okay not trusting them at all. I pop in at odd times, leave work for a half hour just to drop in and see what they are doing with him and how he is, which is how I caught the first daycare not changing his diapers.
I dropped in one day, had always been counting his diapers, but went through his bag and found after 7 hours they had not changed him once and he was sitting in poop and pee. I found out also they had been taking diapers out of his bag knowing I counted them and put them in a different room so I wouldn't see them. The little snot caretaker had the nerve to tell me she had checked a "couple hours ago and he was dry". You can imagine my fury...there was a long line of expletives that followed and his removal from the daycare. It was a church group to boot, so don't feel bad about that.

There is also a referral group called Child Care answers that can refer you to a child care facility and also tell you if a facility is properly registered or has ever had any complaints or charges drawn against them. It's in the yellow pages...

Hi there. I know from experience. All babies are different but with time he will adjust. I know its hard being away from your baby. But it will be good for you baby to get used to another environment. Hope everything works out for you.

My son was put into a home daycare at 10 weeks. He did cry quite a bit the first few days. It simply had to do with the sitter getting used to his schedule. Since every baby is different, sitters have to adapt to the baby's schedule. By now you probably know your baby's hungry cry and hurt cry etc. Your sitter is having to learn this. Make sure though that the sitter really has the time and experiance to take care of an infant. My sitter gave me 7 days notice that she would no longer be taking my son when he was 10 months old. She said it was due to her arthritis, but I really got the feeling that she got in over her head with the older kids & taking care of Gavyn. She would call to say he was being "clingy" etc. Which is typical baby behavior(especially when they are teething or have a cold). Just make sure they have adaquate facilities and personel. Good luck!

I know this is going to sound crazy but I had a similar irst have the daycare keep track of when he is crying time frames.once u have gotten that than have them flip from the side he laying on to the other when he is sleeping.usally that helps it did for me.My son always cried at the same time everyday so i knew it was coming so i switched the routine a bit and it worked.hopefully this will help

I think your baby will be fine. It just takes some time to adjust to being away from you, and being in a new place.