Daycare

Omg I am literally about to go through the same thing soon, my son literally cries when i go to the bathroom by myself or his father does bedtime or I go somewhere. Whoever I leave him with it’s always been family he’s familiar with he asks for me and whines and he calms down but I am scared how he will do in a daycare environment.

@Elia yeah if it’s not me my aunt or his grandma on his dads side then he’s not interested

You'd be pleasantly surprised how well some kids do, my daughter thrived right off the bat, she saw new friends and new toys and was off lol she was put in daycare at 18m, first with a friend then at 20m at an at home day care with 4 other kids and she loves it!

@Stephanie that’s what I’m hoping. My neighbors daughter went to the daycare I’m sending my son to and she said it basically prepares them for kindergarten because they have a curriculum like a school. Once he moves to the 3 year old class that’s when they’ll start doing more school like activities

My son started daycare a week before he turned 2. Prior he was home with either me or his dad. It was very nerve wrecking so I totally understand. This will be his 3rd week in daycare. The only issue we have with him is he’s not sleeping much during nap time and not eating much. The not eating much is what worries us so I started packing his lunch and including things I know he’ll eat. I heard it may take about 3-4 weeks to adjust so I’m hoping that’s the case with him. The first week his dad and I cried a lot and worried a lot but the worrying decreased as the weeks went by. Good luck!

I completely understand your concerns. I own a daycare and have seen so many different personalities walk through our doors. Some kiddos do great and others need a little time to adjust. Whatever the case may be, talk to your child about what’s going to happen. You can even visit the school beforehand. Children typically adjust in about 3-4 weeks. Reassure your baby, give lots of words of affirmation and also mentally prepare yourself for the process. Your baby will have a blast and will adjust just fine ❤️

@Yesel this is reassuring, thank you!

my son started preschool one week after he turned two, three weeks ago. he’s only going for two days a week. the first week was rough, the second week drop offs were still rough but he did a little better during the day, this week he did much better during the day and during drop off. he’s very verbal, and we talk about it a lot at home. now he always says “I missed you at work, I’ll always come back and get you, I’ll never leave you” because that’s what we tell him. He knows that I’ll be back to pick him up. we talk about what he does at preschool, and how he can always ask for help from his teachers, and and how we’re so proud of him. it’s still an adjustment, and it was very hard for me to do drop offs, but just give it time. it’s hard for us as adults to adjust, so I can’t even imagine what they must go through. Naps are still hit and miss there, but we just adjust at home, and it’s okay. The teachers are really understanding and expect that it’ll be a hard time for some kids.

*Update* My son started daycare this week and the first day on Tuesday was the hardest. His teacher said he didn’t talk to anyone or play with any of the kids he did play when they went outside but just by himself. He cried when we came to pick him up and I felt so bad. Wednesday he participated in music and sang songs that he knew and danced. When we came to get him he was crying but that’s because they were just coming in from outside and he loves playing outside Thursday was another good day he played with one of the boys in his class they also have the same name as him funnily enough and when we came to get him he didn’t cry just walked over to us and his friend came over to say bye Friday was also good and he played with the same little boy the whole day and looked happy when we came to get him