Trouble with 3 Year Old in the Mornings

I will respond from the babysitters view. I used to watch a half dozen children when my son was a baby, to helpout. I had three three year olds I was watching at the time and one of them had similar reaction for me. The childs mom tried for a while to calm her little one down, but this continued. I asked her just to go ahead and trust me and leave for work. I reassured her I would call her at work to let her know how things were going. It took only 20-30 minutes for me to get him calmed down and into playing with the others, the first time. After that the time decreased. Until about a week and a half later he would wave bye bye to his mom, and go about play. Just an idea, it worked for us. Good Luck

L.,

I just wanted to mention - somebody in your responses mentioned putting cartoons in the morning.
I have several family members who hae been educators for a long time and they tell me they know the kids who watch TV in the AM because they are easily distracted and don't focus.

It is a trap, I would suggest that you reconsider following that suggestion. Studies also show that children who watch more than 2 hours of TV a day by the age of 3 are ten times more likely to be diagnosed with ADD as teenager, food for thought!!

I fight my husband on this DAILY, he is a TV person and I refuse to make my kids addicted to TV except on non-school days when we can relax. I prefer to read them a book and do the WORK than to dump them in fron of the TV. this isn't everyday, it is in the mornings before school and so on. They get a cartoon on the afternoon and a couple at night. That's already 2 hours!!

Kids and mornings don't blend. Just be consistant and let her know that even if she makes herself sick that she's still going and unless she wants to live in a box in the middle of the street with no food, toys or clothes you have to go to work. She'll get over it eventually I promise.

If you can, have dad take her. Our daughter figured out that it bothered me when she threw a fit, so if I took her to daycare, drove her from preschool to daycare, etc., she would throw a huge fit. If I had someone else take her, she was fine. Daddy has been taking her for a while now and she doesn't act up. With her it was always the show.

We have a three year old and we have battles with her sometimes too. I would start waking her up a little earlier and get her started slow in the mornings. Turn on cartoons for her and let her wake up a bit before getting her ready. If she puts up a fit we threaten her with taking away cartoon privledges or some kind of privledge like getting to take a toy to the babysitters with her. This usually works, but we have to stick to our guns and if she misbehaves...no toy or cartoons.