DS is 2 and 3 months. He has always gone to a childminder 3 days per week while I’m at work form 8 months. Have no trouble with him going there and he is happy all day.
I’m going on maternity leave soon and so have started him at our village preschool with the aim
of him going 2 mornings per week so I get some time with baby.
First 5 weeks I took him and stayed with him for 1.5 hours. He enjoyed himself, played without me and seemed happy. However as we have now got to the point of me leaving him he is really unhappy.
Do I just force the issue, leave him for the 2 hour session and hope he settles- or follow the preschool advice to just leave for 15 minutes, then 30 minutes and build up? I don’t see how their method will work. He will learn that by crying I seem to come back quicker whereas if he knows it’s always a 2 hour session I think he is more likely to just get on with it as he knows no amount of tears will make me reappear.
Advice please! It breaks my heart to see him upset but I really do need to be able to leave him there.
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Passthepigs · 30/01/2019 18:47
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