Toddler can’t go up and down stairs and he’s starting nursery in couple weeks

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My ds is 2.5 and is not able to get down stairs safely at all he needs someone holding onto him all the time- completely my fault I should have been practicing him sooner our stairs are a nightmare so it’s been safer to carry him myself.
His nursery room is upstairs and they are up and down a lot for dinner time outside play etc. I have said to staff he will need help but I’m still worried- if he’s not properly helped he will fall he absolutely cannot manage steps.
What can I do?

Obviously we are practicing now but still don’t think we’ll be anywhere near ready in time

Nursery staff are highly trained , there is no way they would just expect a 2 year old to negotiate stairs unassisted. I'm sure you can leave him with them, he'll be fine.

If you let him do it himself he should surely be able to do it in a week or so. Obviously mention to nursery staff and they can keep an eye on him.

Nursery will definitely help him, don't worry. My DGS is much younger and learning these kinds of tasks are part of the daily routine.
He practises identifying his own shoes and coat as well as all the other everyday things that we often do for them.

Children achieve independent tasks at different times in their development. Nursery may record them as working towards milestones. You'll be surprised how quickly he develops these skills.

Can he crawl down them backwards? My 15 months old loves crawling up and down my mums stairs.

They will help him. At ds's nursery he moved to a new room at 2 which was upstairs and no-one expected the new ones in the room to do it themselves. Going up and down stairs independently is actually an early years target so they will encourage him towards it and probably record in his learning journey when he can do it solo!

Have you done the teaching him to come down them backwards on his hands and knees? I always just did that with them until they were more steady on their feet.