It's a small world
25-06-2009, 08:17 PM
Hi
Just spoke to my friend who has recently become a childminder. She has a little boy of about 2 had him a few weeks and everything was fine but this last week when mum has dropped him off he has screamed and got all upset. 5 mins after mum has gone he's fine then every half hour or so he stops doing what he's doing and just screams for mummy.. she's tried to do different things but he just won't interact. She's getting paranoid that mum might think shes no good. She tells mum he's fine after she's gone but not mentioned the little outbursts during the day. Also he's not interested in many things apart from farms as grandparents live on one and thats where hes been for the last 2 years as his mum works in the farm shop...
Does any one have any ideas what to do. He's also started snatching toys of her little boy too..he's hard work as doesn't talk very well for his age and very rarely has any facial expressions or anything....he just wantsa to be outside running around freely as this is what he's had on the farm, but obviously the weather doesn't always permit and my friend has to think about safety and can't just let him run off down the street as its a little different from a farm where he can play with the chickens iykwim...
Sorry to go on but friend is getting desperate and doesn't want her first to be her last...
Any help from experienced childminders appreciated and I will pass this on. Hope my first is a little straight forward
Just spoke to my friend who has recently become a childminder. She has a little boy of about 2 had him a few weeks and everything was fine but this last week when mum has dropped him off he has screamed and got all upset. 5 mins after mum has gone he's fine then every half hour or so he stops doing what he's doing and just screams for mummy.. she's tried to do different things but he just won't interact. She's getting paranoid that mum might think shes no good. She tells mum he's fine after she's gone but not mentioned the little outbursts during the day. Also he's not interested in many things apart from farms as grandparents live on one and thats where hes been for the last 2 years as his mum works in the farm shop...
Does any one have any ideas what to do. He's also started snatching toys of her little boy too..he's hard work as doesn't talk very well for his age and very rarely has any facial expressions or anything....he just wantsa to be outside running around freely as this is what he's had on the farm, but obviously the weather doesn't always permit and my friend has to think about safety and can't just let him run off down the street as its a little different from a farm where he can play with the chickens iykwim...
Sorry to go on but friend is getting desperate and doesn't want her first to be her last...
Any help from experienced childminders appreciated and I will pass this on. Hope my first is a little straight forward