Re. Noisy childcare centre for a sensitive kid - thoughts please!
My daughter has always been a sensitive girl - e.g. To noise, and scary stuff, and with toilet training. She’s started telling me that she doesn’t want to go to daycare because it’s too noisy and busy. She goes 3 days per week*
She’s just turned 4 and has been in daycare since age 2.5 but has almost always been at least a little difficult with drop offs. She generally has a good or great time once she settles in - but is very dysregulated in the evenings afterward.
Feel like I should explore different options. Her daycare has kids aged 2-4. Often it’s the 2 year olds that are crying more- so am wondering if a daycare or kindy with kids aged 3-4 might be more calm…
Also wondering about people’s thoughts on transferring to in-home care (childminder). I think this would be great for her if I found the right home - as she is also better in small social settings vs large busy groups.
*Not 100% sure that noise /busyness is the full reason for her not wanting to go. It could also be partly about jealousy because she sees me at home with her baby sister (8 months old). Another factor could be that she won’t wee at daycare - she holds her pee all day! So am not sure changing would help- maybe she just wants to be home…