To feel shit Picking my baby up from nursery

[lisabeesa]

My baby loves nursery. When we pick him up he either looks straight through us as if we are not there or runs away. We always have to catch him to get him.

Today he ran away then my husband picked him up and he started bucking and crying. Then when we got him outside and put him down he ran back over to the door crying trying to open it to get back in

AIBU to be worried/ pissed about this?

Once we are home he is fine but it's bloody embarrassing!!!

Tell me I'm not the only one please

[Tanith]

I'm a childminder and so is my husband.

This is a normal stage that children go through. If it makes you feel any better, my DS and my DD also went through it even though they had never been in childcare.
It isn't so much attachment as a dislike of change. Some children cope with it better than others.

Think how you feel at the end of a party or a day out or visit. Probably tired, perhaps a bit hungry, don't want it to end...?
Now add the lack of emotional control, immaturity and non-existent patience. Plus the overwhelming surprise of seeing the person they love more than anyone in the world.

They're not running away from you; they're running away from their feelings.

[MadeForThis]

I picked up dd from Nursery yesterday. Story time wasn't finished. She was not impressed. Had to bribe her with an ice lolly to come home. They can just be having to much fun to go to boring old home. Dd is 2.9.

[StringyPotatoes]

@dcy1309
Not very helpful
OP has to work. It's not a "waste of time" - it's a necessity.