We've reached the age where, yes daycare lady all kids do this, Joey screams and cries when he doesn't get his way. He will reach for something that could hurt him, I take it out of his reach, and he goes bananas. He wants to be held and will sit at my feet crying because I'm making dinner and can't hold him and make him dinner at the same time.
I know every kid does this, and Joey might be doing it a bit sooner and maybe a little louder than most kids, but this is the point in his life where we could go one of two ways. We could cater to this kind of behavior and pick him up or try and coddle him and give him what he wants, or we can be stern and say "NO!" and let him scream.
Our daycare lady picks him up and then complains about having to carry him around all day. I tell her everytime not to do this and every day when I get there, there he is, in her arms. I could seriously slap her.
I, obviously, prefer to not give in to this behavior. He needs to learn that no means no and screaming and crying will not get a response out me. I know his new daycare will be the same way. They simply don't have the manpower to be carrying around every kid that is crying because he didn't get his way.
Its hard leaving your kid with someone for a majority of the day and its a kabillion times harder when that person refuses to listen to our wishes and just tries to quiet our kid instead of motivating him to do other things.
I swear, if that trollesque daycare lady says one more effed up comment about my kid's behavior, I just might slap her. He wouldn't be screaming if you WOULD GET OFF THE PHONE AND PLAY WITH HIM!!!!
Grrrr
I'm sure Phoebe would love to be Joey's new babysitter.
She would probably be better at it too.
Look! Joey's in a bag.
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