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Nursery drop off with newborn and toddler?

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ShirleyPhallus · 26/05/2022 20:27

I’m expecting our second child soon and starting to think panic about logistical stuff. One of those questions is how to do the nursery drop off for the older one.

There is a proper enclosed car park at nursery but I am wondering what you do with the little one while dropping the big one off? It seems a bit silly to take them out of the car seat and inside for what is a 2 minute job but then I don’t feel comfortable leaving the baby and am not sure it’s legally on anyway.

What do people do? We have a car seat that you can remove from the car but it’s a cybex one that is really heavy and I’ll have had a c section so don’t feel like that’s a great option. Is the only option really to take the baby in with you and deal with the fallout?

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Abridget7 · 26/05/2022 21:37

I've been doing drop off since dc2 was 10day sold. The answer... a sling.
Have it on already when you get into the car & quickly pop baby in to walk into the nursery & sort out older one. Unfortunately you'll have a few screamy car journeys as they love a snooze around drop off typically!

ChuckMater · 26/05/2022 21:43

You're saying about not wanting to carry the carseat after csection but you also shouldn't be driving until 6 weeks after csection.. by that point you'll be fine lifting car seat / baby and clipping onto the pram

GlassTable · 26/05/2022 21:50

I just carried the baby. Bit annoying if they are asleep and you want them to be but what else can you really do?

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ShirleyPhallus · 26/05/2022 21:55

SecondhandTable · 26/05/2022 21:36

Can't your DH just do drop offs and collections until it is easier for you when baby is a bit bigger or you return to work even? My DH has done every drop off since DC2 was born (before then we split it, I used to do 2/3 and him 1/3). He does almost all the collections too (he always did).

Yeah he will do them in the early days, but the nursery opens at 7.30am and is a drive in one direction and the train station in to the city is a different direction so the logistics are a bit of an arse for him to do it all the time, he’d struggle to get to work on time. We definitely need to figure out how I can do it but it sounds like a sling is the best idea and just muddle through and accept some naps will be interrupted. I can’t actually think of how it will work when I return to work so just going to ignore that little problem for now ;)

Our nursery is in person drop off and the toddler room is down a few corridors so leaving the baby in the car is tempting but I’m gone for just a few minutes more than comfortable with. Also the reason why using the pram is tricky.

Thanks for all the advice Flowers

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