My daughter is two and has only been with a childminder since she was 11 months old, she loved her and I had no problems or concerns.
However, I have split up with my husband, moved 300 miles and have chosen a nursery for her, its a large nursery with over 80 children all split up into age groups. She is in quite a large room with 16 other children, she had three settling in sessions and she appeared to be OK. But I collected her on Friday (it was her second full day) she burst into tears and practically threw herself at me and the ladies said she had had a really bad day? She cried for me, wouldn't settle and just seemed generally upset.
I asked them if they thought there was too many children for her as she is only used to being one of two at the CM and they said not and tried to reassure me that it will take time to settle? She is going for two full days a week and to my parents for two full days. I visited a few nurseris and this one stood out and I liked the manager, its part of a very large chain, is that a bad thing and should I consider a smaller private nursery?
So opinions please, is 16 children in one room too many (they have the right ratio of staff) and is it too soon to be worrying about how she is getting on? I felt like my heart had been ripped out when she was so upset, she's a wee little thing and I'm so worried about her. If necessary I'm willing to look for a CM, but I thought at her age nursery would be good for her? How many children do your nurseries have for the 2 year old age group?
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Not sure if I've chosen the right nursery? DD very upset on collection.
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mummytowillow · 06/09/2009 21:57
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