Two Year Old Misbehaving at Daycare?

Updated on October 13, 2017
S.S. asks from Hampton, VA
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I have a two year-old who's been in daycare since six months old. We recently moved and switched daycare from a la petie to a childs time. He has been good with no issues for about two months. All of a sudden he has started to act up, spitting, hitting, undressing and destroying the room. He has never spit or destroyed or hit while at home. The day care has been calling us to get him and that's not helping the problem, because now he knows he can come home. They have threated to kick him out. We both work full time. Any suggestions? I'm thinking its the daycare because again we have never had a issue with him.

*Edit* They stated nothing had changed but they straight out lied, as two teachers who my son loved no longer work there. Also we have had a meeting they created a IEP to provide steps to correct his behavior and recommend getting a company to find his triggers or some bs.

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So the daycare kicked my son, stating he was being to bad.

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N.B.

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In my opinion you need to change child care providers. A professional would address this in the classroom and not be calling the parents to come get their child. That's nuts.

They don't know how to take care of children....it's certainly not a good match.

If I couldn't handle a child in my classroom, especially a 2 year old that should be easily distracted and can be removed from the classroom, to the point I needed them to leave for the rest of the day I would simply tell the parents it wasn't working out and they needed to allow me to have someone professional come in to observe, to see what we can do, or that they would need to find another provider.

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T.D.

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you should be super happy that they kicked your kid out. they sound incompetent and like they do not know what they are doing.you can find a much better daycare that will not create problems then blame a toddler for it.

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G.♣.

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It would probably be a good idea to set up a time to meet with the teacher and the director and talk to them about what is going on (when does the behavior begin, what is triggering it, what do they try to do to stop it, etc.)

Do keep in mind that he has been through some massive changes and that he's 2. That's an age where most kids really do try to establish their independence and challenge what they are being asked or told to do.

If you find that this daycare doesn't really have ideas and/or strategies to help, maybe you need to find a different daycare. They should know and understand that they are working with a 2 year old, and they should have strategies to address very normal 2 year old behavior.

ETA - I'm responding to your edit. IEP is a term usually reserved for K-12 and public schools (though students in PreK at a public school can have an IEP). Since the daycare is using terms like IEP and recommending you "get a company" (whatever that means), I can only conclude one of two things. Either they are completely incompetent (which is very likely) or they are recognizing that your son has special needs.

If the daycare is incompetent, thank your lucky stars your son won't be going there anymore and begin looking for a new daycare.

If your son has special needs (and this actually is a possibility) relax. Be proactive in finding good people (doctors and therapists) to work with. It might be a good idea to talk to your pediatrician about what the daycare told you. See if he/she thinks there might be something they are seeing in your son that should be address and just go from there.

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D.B.

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In the short time since you posted this, there have already been updates, including them kicking out your child after they created a plan for him. And I have no idea what they mean by "getting a company to find his triggers." It doesn't sound like you do either.

I'm baffled about a day care center whose staff cannot manage a toddler's behavior. I agree with you that sending him home just tells him to keep behaving badly. I'm shocked that there's little or nothing in writing, and no real process here, especially with the changes in the staffing. Do you think staff left because the administration is so terrible? And this is on top of the fact that you moved to a new home and moved him from his original day care center to this new one. Of course the little guy would have a lot of trouble adjusting. I think you should be open to the fact that, while you've "never had an issue with him," he's a changing child (they go through phases), and you've changed 2 major aspects of his life on your end.

Sounds like you're better off without them, and you have no option but to find another center. But there's going to be another major adjustment on his part and that's going to take a lot of patience from you as well as the new center. You might also consider a nanny for in-home care.

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B.S.

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I would find another daycare if they lie all the time.

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M.D.

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Find a new daycare. If they cannot help a child transition to new teachers, then they don't know what they are doing. Also, he was fine at the old place and he's fine at home, so I think it's unlikely that he has a diagnosis that requires an IEP. These things are red flags that this place isn't the right place for him. Find a new daycare.

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H.M.

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We had issues with my oldest at that age. He was a biter. They would ask who where they supposed to call when he bit. That was in front of him. He was a smart cookie and wanted to go see his nana. So he bit. He has learned if he acts like that he will get picked up.
They say there has been no changes but him changing daycares was a change that could have triggered him. It could be the new teachers. Find a councilor that can do play therapy with him. They should be able to figure out if there is something going on or if it's just being a 2 year old. My son had a lot of changes in his life but we figured out part of the problem is they didn't want him to have his pacifier. If he had it he didn't bite at all when they would take it away from him he would.
We also found out there was other stuff going on at the daycare that they would not tell us about that may have been a trigger as well. Be upfront with the new daycare when you find one and maybe they can help figure out how to confront in head on with your help.

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P.G.

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You need more info from the daycare. When exactly did this start? What changed? He's 2, there's been a major life change, he needs help adjusting. If the daycare won't work with you to figure out what's going on and help him and just calls you, maybe try to find a la petie since you know their system worked for him.

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