Nursery

It's normal, I just hype him up saying he's going to have so much fun. Sometimes tears and he isn't screaming clinging on to me. Always comes out happy xx

I agree with Ruth, I think if he came out in the end of the day unhappy, I would look into reasons, whether it’s to do with tiredness, or people, etc. But if it’s just a bit of emotions in the morning, I would talk about the positives

I have this every day, it's awful. She does have fun when she's there but initially she doesn't want to go and is very upset. I dread the battle in the morning. One particular lady who's always on the door in the morning she hates more than the rest too, anyone else she goes in fine with bit rut his one lady she won't even look at!

Same for us. I try not to say they WILL enjoy it or hve fun (as they may not that day) but focus on specific things i know they like ie “I wonder what you will get for snack time? Or it’s sunny, you may be in the garden lots or they might do baking today as it’s rainy” that distracts him. But as others said, at pick up i struggle to bring him home! He won’t leave 😂 Same with specific staff. He hates the more strict ones and is disappointed when they welcome him in…

Send them anyway but really hype up how much fun they are going to have and all the boring things I have to do! They’ve always come out happy

@Anna you're right!! Some great tips there x

Thanks for all these tips! Day two for us and he doesn’t want to go 😭

This is my son every morning and then I have to literally drag him out at the end of the day because he’s having so much fun 🤦‍♀️ I always tell him I understand how he feels because I don’t want to go to work, I’d much rather spend the day with him but I have to go to my boring job. And I wish I could go to nursery and play in the garden etc etc. I also try to think of something he’ll be excited to tell everyone e.g something exciting we did at the weekend.

@Lucy i do the same get her all excited to see her friends, she finally gets out of the car ready to go in then the door opens and the lady she doesn't like is there to welcome her in and we're back to square one! Often another teacher will see and come out and she'll then go in with that person with a little encouragement! It's so embarrassing with that one lady she doesn't like! I've been told quite a few children are like that with her so i wonder why they always have her on the door!?!

@Katie O oh we used to have one like that! Then one day she just wasn’t there and we never heard anything about her again so I think she was let go

I tried Anna's tips this morning and he was telling me everything he was going to do today. He was then super clingy in que and didn't want to be put down. Cried going in. I know he will be fine though. Xx

Great advice everybody!! I am definitely going to try all this. He loves going to nursery but some days it’s a battle 😂

@Katie O my little boy has done this! Said he doesn’t like his teacher and she’s scary (to her face 😂). She’s so lovely!

We used to get this everyday until the last month or so, but i know that she loves it. I would say but you might be making pictures, playing in sand, playing outside. I'd also make a game of guessing who would be there and who would answer the door Now she runs in without a goodbye

My LO has been going to this nursery for a year but moved to the preschool group recently. She was hyped to go in then the door opened and the lady she doesn't like opened it and she said she wasn't going in! Thankfully i saw one of the other ladies who stuck her head out and vienna went in. I spoke to one of the toddler room girls at pick up who vienna loves and she just said it seems to happen all the time with that particular lady! She had a good day though. she really enjoyed it with her friends so she tells me which is reassuring!

I should add her thing to tell everyone was that she had a cold!! She tells me everyone else has a cold too!