To move nursery to save 15 minutes?

[Sprogonthetyne]

DD has been going to a nursery 1 day a week for the past year, and seem happy there. However her older brother is about to start a school about 10-15 minutes walk away, it is doable to drop them both off, but there's another nursery literally next door to DS's school that can offer her a place. She qualifys for 2 year old funded hours shortly, so will be increasing to 4 mornings a week (at either nursery).

WIBU to move her, potentially unsettling her, for the sake of 15 minutes a day less school run? There would be other advantages of the move, but tbh ease is the main one.

Yes I would at that age. Makes sense to move her to the one next to the school as would assume she would then go up to that school with a number of friends she makes at that nursery?

Depends. Do you have have a job to get too which will be adversely affected by the extra 15 mins? If not it probably isn't worth unsettling her if she's settled nicely

That's a yes it makes sense to move not a yes to you being unreasonable!

If she's only there one day a week at the minute I would, especially if you know anyone who uses the other nursery and is happy with it.

I would

@Travellingraspberry

Yes I would at that age. Makes sense to move her to the one next to the school as would assume she would then go up to that school with a number of friends she makes at that nursery?

This is my thoughts too. If that's the school she will attend there's more likely to be more kids going from that nursery so will hopefully settle better at school with familiar faces from nursery.

Definitely.

I ended up with awkwardly timed school and nursery drop offs when my DC were 4 and 2. If I had the chance again, I would go for being able to drop them off at the same time at the same location.

I would do it now before her hours are increased.

I would move especially if she’s moving from one day to four days. As others have said she’s more likely to make friends who she will then go to school with.

YANBU, definitely move her.

DC1 is starting school in September and I'm going back to work after maternity leave so DC2 will be starting nursery. There isn't a good nursery or childminder near DC1's school, so I will be sending DC2 to nursery in the opposite direction, but when she turns 3 I'll probably move her to the preschool attached to DC1's school, for convenience more than anything. Obviously I will visit and make sure it's a good preschool but assuming it's as good as nursery, I'll do it.

Thank you for your answers. Making friends to move up to school with was one of the other benefits I was thinking of, especially as the nursery she's currently at is on the site of another school, which most of the kids feed into. But I wasn't sure if I was just l9oking for reasons to justify what I wanted to do, so I'm glad other people have mentioned it too.

She's also term time only, so likely to be unsettled in September anyway, so the move might not actually be much worse then getting her re-settled in the old nursery.

@squiddybear

Depends. Do you have have a job to get too which will be adversely affected by the extra 15 mins? If not it probably isn't worth unsettling her if she's settled nicely

Ah yes, only women who have jobs should want for an easier life.

Yes I’d definitely move her to have your kids close together. 15 min might not seem like much, but it’ll annoy you so much doing it every day for a year! And at 2 and one day a week she’ll be fine with a new nursery.

Plus there’s always the situations you don’t think of, the emergencies and the dentist appointments and school plays etc when having them at different locations is actually a huge pain!

Absolutely I would. What's the other nursery like? Good Ofsted rating? Do you know any other parents of children who currently attend to get their views.

@PascalHey

Absolutely I would. What's the other nursery like? Good Ofsted rating? Do you know any other parents of children who currently attend to get their views.

Both seem equally good, though they have slightly different feels to them. The one she's at is more child-care oriented, and try to have a home from home type feel for the kids who do long days. Where as the other one is more like a preschool, they have shorter sessions and are more focused on activities. She would only be doing mornings at either, so the shorter sessions aren't a problem for us.

Yes at that age and only currently attending one day a week I'd move her. Especially if she's likely to go to the same school as ds she's going to be with lots of peers when starting reception

@Travellingraspberry

Yes I would at that age. Makes sense to move her to the one next to the school as would assume she would then go up to that school with a number of friends she makes at that nursery?

Exactly this.