Hello, I'm new here so please be kind!
DS has been at the same Nursery A since he was 10 months (he is now 4), 2 days a week, and DD has also been going since since the same age (she is now 16 mths), but I'm not entirely happy with the situation becuase:
- DS has always been quiet and fairly shy, and his time has been a little turbulent but especially last year, when he was moved into the pre-school room unexpectedly when just 3(I had been told they would wait until he was 4 as he's a September baby and would get bored with 2 years there), found the older kids hard to handle. I kept encouraging him to go but he wasn't keen and was having lots of toilet accidents (had been trained for ages) which I put down to DD being born. Nursery said he was fine and just not keen on all the noise. Later turned out accidents happened when a particular child X threw a tantrum - although staff played it down at the time someone recently let it slip Child X had to be restrained and even hurt staff sometimes so understandably DS would have been worried. Toilet accidents stopped the day child X and others went to school and he seems reasonably happy now.
- DD quite happy as very confident and settles anywhere but keeps being sent home with illnesses (fair enough) but also e.g. allergy rash, reaction to MMR etc so in last 3 months I have had 50% of time off work. Also seems to be no keyworker system (I don't know who DD's is anymore, previous one left!) and when I was concerned about DD's speech and asked if she spoke much while there, no one seemed to know
I have found what seems like a lovely Nursery B just round the corner from where we live now. We looked round it initially but went for Nursery A as it was much bigger and shinier, B is much smaller. But now I do not like the fact that A is a huge chain of nurseries, continually being taken over, and just seems about being a big business. So DD is moving before I get sacked (!), but I am worried about moving DS with only months before he starts school. He says he doesn't want to stay where he is if DD is moving, and has looked round Nursery B and likes it, but I still worry it will be too unsettling. Although he has started two mornings a week at playgroup as well this year and is absolutely thriving there. I think maybe if I've lost confidence in my carer, for whatever reason, I just shouldn't be leaving my babies there, but can anyone reassure me that I'm not making a big mistake?!!
Sorry for huge post.
Michelle x