My 7mo DS is starting nursery PT next week. In general I am fairly confident that it is a good nursery, and I've heard other mums say it's good.
My son has had 5 weeks of inductions, about 3 days a week, between 1hr - 3hrs each (which have been free). Generally he has been happy (except when he has been under the weather), but in the last few days he has been VERY clingy with me and in his latest session he howled all hour. Very upsetting. I hate the fact that he will be so miserable just so I can return to work, and am worried that it will adversely affect him emotionally.
Also, as the day when I have to leave him for real approaches, I realise that I don't think the staff know him well enough, nor do I know enough about how they feed/play with them, get them to sleep etc. I do ask them things, but they rarely seem to have time to give me information. I have given them a short written summary of the key things, which they have read, but still I think I'm leaving my poor little boy with people who don't know him. When he starts proper he will have a communication book, but that doesn't cover the "softer" issues.
Is this something every mother who leaves their child at nursery goes through? How long does it take to become assured that ones child isn't being traumatised by being in nursery at such a young age?
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Starting nursery : DS suddenly clingy and his mother expecting too much from nursery?
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jaz2 · 09/07/2007 19:25
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