This is my first post, and I'm really hoping you may be able to help me get some perspective / insight into this one. My DD (two and three-quarters) started nursery in September with absolutely no problems. She loved it and would kiss me goodbye perfectly happily. But now, just over a month in, she has started sobbing that she doesn't want to go any more. I know that this is pretty normal, and that she is fine a few minutes after I have left, but what is really bothering me is how it is affecting everything else. She is usually a very relaxed, articulate and compliant child, but currently is pressing every button she can think of. I asked if she wanted to make me angry, and she said 'yes'. She has gone from being perfectly happy to go to bed to screaming that she doesn't want to, and waking for HOURS in the middle of the night wanting cuddles and refusing to go back to sleep. She was in our bedroom in a bedside cot until June, and I was delighted by how easy her transition was to her own bed in her own room. Now I am wondering whether I have rushed her too much in making this change and then starting nursery three months later? It's just so sad to see her this anxious.... should I press on with nursery and hope she comes out the other side of this phase, or am I expecting too much all in one go and should leave it for now? Sorry this is so long but am full of worry and guilt!
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nursery causing anxiety.... any advice??
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ladymuckingitup · 31/10/2007 21:01
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