4yr old son having trouble, attitude changes, what to do?
Hey peeps!
My partner and i are looking for a way that one or both of us can spend more time at home with our kids. Up until now we have both been putting in 42-48/week so that we could get a house, provide for the kdis and still have leftover for some wants. Well we've gotten to that point and now our 4-yr old son has been having some issues. (He isn't in anykind of 4K program yet because he won't be able to start school until he's 5 based on when his bday is.) as of right now he and our 19 mo daughter have been going to an in-home sitter. Everything was great until recently. The last few months our son has become extra sassy, he doesn't listen, has been very agressive and won't kiss or hug us goodbye. in fact he seems to get angry when we leave.
I'm worried that he hasn't been getting enought attention since we work so much. he also doesn't want to go to my mom's house at all anymore because he's afraid we'll leve him there. (she is out back up sitter) this makes me incredably sad and has made my time at work suffer as well. I've never been all that pleased with my job to begin with, but this makes it that much harder. our thought is to start our own in-home daycare. i can be at home with the kids and still have a source of income. i'm just wondering who out there has their own or uses one. what do you like about using/having your own? what type of rates do you have? have it been benificial for you?
also if you have any other advice on what we can do to help our son that would be great!
Thanks so much!!