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I just want some experiences people have had with settling their little ones in nursery
I've started sending my son to my daughter's nursery for 2 x 5 hour sessions a week (this is the plan anyway!). He's onto settling session number 5 - he had two with me there and the last three he was dropped at the door. He has had to be picked up early from the previous one due to distress, today I picked him and he had been crying most of the morning and they had to bring my daughter down into his room to settle him. He has been saying I don't like nursery for the rest of the morning.
He's generally a bit anxious around busy crowded places with lots of children - last week he was invited to a party with his sister and he had to be outside in the car for the full two hours with dad because he was crying that he wanted to leave.
Should I consider childminders? Will the settling at nursery get easier and this is just normal? For context, this nursery is 140 a week for those two sessions and with the current COL crisis I can't afford more than two half days.
YABU - you're too soft, he will settle he just needs more time
YANBU - nursery may not be the best fit, try a childminder.