I don't really have a lot of advice. I just wanted to say that this is a problem for a lot of providers.

My DD (now 11 yrs old and a wonderful young lady) was just AWFUL in my Preschool once she turned 3. She was mean and defiant. She screamed and threw tantrums. I knew she wouldn't be that way with someone else, so I sent her to a neighbor a few mornings a week for a while. But we just couldn't afford anything more at the time.

If you can afford it, send him to childcare a few days a week. Really. It's okay. It can be very difficult for some children to live at their parents work. Once she was in kinder, all was fine. And now she's just wonderful with my preschoolers!

I also have a 4-yr old son. He's awesome and easy in all ways, including in my Preschool. So he stays with me full- time. If, at some point, this didn't work for him we could actually afford to send him elsewhere now and I wouldn't hesitate.

Good luck!

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