2 children in different nurseries?

[LG93]

Does this seem mad? I'm going back to uni to retrain from September so DH will be picking up more nursery drop offs to accommodate early lectures and placements. Current nursery opens at 8, but DH needs to be at work by then so won't work. DD will be starting school when I start nursery so isn't a problem, but DS will be around 18 months so still have some time to go. He's due to start nursery in the spring, would you send him with his big sister until September (mixed age setting so would be in together) and then move him in September to another nursery that opens at 7.30, or would you suck it up for 6 months and do 2 nursery runs so he starts off and settles in to the nursery that will be where be stays and let DD finish off her time at her existing nursery before school?

Two in drier are settings will be a pita. I would avoid at all costs!

You definitely don’t want to move your son after six months. Can you either move your daughter; have someone else drop her off; use a childminder for your son until the summer? But if I were you I’d really try to avoid moving your son.

My two will be in different settings for the whole of the next academic year. It's unavoidable.

@DownWhichOfLate

You definitely don’t want to move your son after six months. Can you either move your daughter; have someone else drop her off; use a childminder for your son until the summer? But if I were you I’d really try to avoid moving your son.

This is what my gut says that moving him after having settled could be a nightmare. I can do both drop offs until uni starts as both are about 10 mins from home but the first 5 are in the same direction until I turn off, so would turn 20 min round trip into about 30 which wouldn't be the end of the world particularly as DS could go in earlier just wasn't sure if I was being overly precious!

I don't really want to move DD for the last few months as she's seen all the 'leavers' get their party and fuss made of them before they start school and I'd like for her to get to do that with her friends.

Well, if you can make it work with two nurseries I’d go for it. 30 minutes walking isn’t too bad, especially as it’ll mainly be nice weather by then (hopefully!)

I have four DC in four different schools and will have for the next 5 years at least! (I do three drop offs my husband does 1)

I'd do two nurseries rather than move them when they will only just be settled in

I think the best thing for both would be different nurseries. Moving your dd would unsettle her just before school and be too many changes.
Moving your ds after a few months also wouldn't be fair.
If you can suck it up and do 2 nursery runs I would. It's not that different from the nursery and school run you'll be doing in September.
If you can't, I'd move your ds over DD as I think he'll get over it quicker and a nursery move followed by a new school is a lot.