Any advice on how to respond to this

[Kenny10]

Hallo

My ds1 is 2.5 years old and ds2 has just arrived four weeks ago. Ds1 attends creche 2 days a week as i work parttime and we have decided to put him in an extra day until christmas to give me time with the new baby while i am on maternity leave. He seems happy enough in creche but has always had trouble with going there in the morning which we have put down to the fact that he is only there two days a week. This morning his dad was dropping him off and he was wearing his new hat, scarf and gloves. My dp told me later that he took them off before he left the house after saying 'they won't laugh at me in creche will they?'. He then refused to wear them. this is the second time he has mentioned people laughing at him in the last two weeks. He is a gorgeous, likeable, sociable fellow and very secure and confident (we think). I'm going to have a word with them in the creche to see if anything has happened but was just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to best respond to him when he says things like that.

I realise this is not the end of the world and that he may experience feelings like this all through life. I just want to make sure we are dealing with it as best we can.

How old is the oldest child there? It seems like something which a 4 year old s capable of tbh.

I have seen it in my DD's reception class...but 2.5 is FAR too little to be dealing with this...dress him yourself and ait if he ays anything...if he does then you should light heartedly say "Well if they do then they're silly! We like them don't we?"

It's hard when you see this kind of thing. But your'e right to check.

thanks for your reply.

the oldest child would be just 3, there's no older children at all. we were wondering about that as it doesnt seem likely that 2.5 year olds would be laughing at other kids as you say. I mentioned it at creche and they will keep an eye out. he is more sensitive these days with new arrival so could just be down to that. thanks for advice, no point in getting into anything too deep as you say. i tried a bit last night and he just wanted to play with his tractors!!