We’re back on the advice trail here – as in we need some – well specifically my friend Paula does.
Please ask your readers how to get the kid out of daycare without a massive scene every day????
Hmmm…good question Paula. Not sure I can answer that one. Will sees me at the door and sprints over yelling, ‘I had a good day,’ even if he spent the day chomping on his buddy Luke’s arm or not listening to any of his teachers. He knows that good day = Wiggles video. Funny how that equation just doesn’t compute in my world.
ANYWAY – who can help Paula? She’s resorting to the chocolate bribes….and well, swimsuit season is just around the corner!
This is Will and Paula’s little guy at the zoo last summer. As IF a cutie like this could act up at daycare…. Oh and the bears were behind a fence – not to worry!
I bribe and threaten my kids all day long…if you do this, we can do this. BUT I also prepare them for what’s going to happen when I pick them up from school and tell them what is going to happen. So before I drop off I would say “When mommy comes to get you, we have to leave right away”. If you listen to me than maybe you could watch ‘Calliou’ or we could play out in the backyard… if she is using the treats – they have to stop because it’s like she is rewarding him for his outbursts and then he will think well if I simply freak out than my mom will give me candy…. so she needs to find something that he likes and use that as a threat and follow through….There is definitely nothing wrong with Paula, he’s having fun at school and just doesn’t want to leave… my son does that to me some days and he’s in SK!! Wait until he calls her an “idiot’ in public… just remain calm, it’s not nice…I know just try to give myself a lot of time for situations like that…because it is rare that everyone (all three) behaves great at once!!
How about starting a special routine just for leaving daycare. Perhaps a little game or some sort of surprise waiting in the car. It doesn’t have to been huge or anything, just something to distract for a few days until new habits are formed.
“If you cry and scream and freak out when we leave, then you don’t get to come back tomorrow!”
(Not sure about toddlers, but it works with my husband and Home Depot…)