Not liking nursery
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@Courtney yeah I work 2 days a week, my mum has him one day and he goes nursery the other. We also save a lot of money doing this. I think the nursery is so busy at the moment due to funding that it's just a bit over whelming for him
My suggestion, which isn’t ideal if u don’t have the resource to do so. If shorten his day, until he’s settled at nursery. So he understands that someone is coming to pick him up and gradually increase his day! Are the nursery calling u to collect because he’s so upset?
Personally I don’t think there’s much more you can do at this age. Like Courtney says, he’s only going once a week, so every week is basically a whole new start for him. He’s just not having that chance to settle in. I’d probably suggest having him in more days if possible, or taking him out completely until he’s a bit older so then one day week is a bit more manageable for him emotionally. He’ll be able to understand a lot better
I think I'm going to take him out completely. We go to lots of baby groups and he socialises lots of places. Taking him out, or adding another day is going to cost either way so I'd rather do the option where I look after him instead of them!! X
Our little girl was/ is the same. She only goes 2 days a week and I think that makes it harder in some ways as she then has five days away from it. We couldn't switch our days/ times due to work but ideally that's what we would have done. She's starting to settle better now but it's taken since the end of August and I feel like Mondays will always be a difficult day, we have booked her in for a couple of ad-hoc Friday mornings as it's their quietest day and then she'll only be there for 5 hours, just to help her settle a bit more x
Are u doing it for work reasons? Unfortunately children who attend once a week take longer to settle as there is such a gap between the next time they go, it’s almost as they forget and then it happens again. Are staff using means to distract, honing in on his interests?