wantababybump
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I babysit 2 children both 1yr 2mo. I have them all day long and have to give them their naps. Mother #1 (of the little girl) wants her daughter to sleep about 1 1/2-2 hours in the morn and another 1 1/2 hours in the afternoon. Lately when I put her down for a nap she just cries and cries and cries until she eventually falls asleep. I feel so bad for letting her cry but I dont know what else to do. Ive tried rocking her until she has fallen asleep and even wait about 15 mins when she is sleeping until I put her in the bed so I know she is asleep but she just wakes up as soon as she gets close to the bed and starts freaking out. She is obviously tired. This morning she was laying on the floor on her blanky and rubbing her eyes like crazy and her mom said she had to wake her up super early to get ready and come here but yet she wont sleep. She is currently in the room freaking out and I dont know what else to do, I tried rocking her again but she just cried in my arms along with kicking and stuff. She fell asleep after crying today but woke up within a half hour. She did this when she first started coming here in July but stopped after a while and I didnt really have much of a problem rocking her and then putting her right into the bed without waking up. Is it mean of me to let her cry? Should I just let her stay up and play without a nap? I put both kids in seperate room because Im afraid of her waking him up with her crying. Im in desperate need of some suggestions. I cant hold her all day long..I just cant. I have 2 kids here and cant have all of my attention going to just her.