Not sure if DD2 is ready for pre-school...

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OK, I may be being silly here but i just have a feeling that she shouldn't go yet..although i think it would do her good.

DD2 will be 2 on NYE. I have just had a call from the pre-school saying there is a place for her and she is due to start next month! DD1 went to this pre-school and the reason i sent her there at 2.5 was to help her overcome her extreme shyness and it worked! She really did benefit from spending 3 mornings a week there and when she started school she just walked in and never looked back :) I always imagined the teachers having to drag her off me every morning but thanks to her year at pre-school she was much more confident.

DD2 seems too little though :( when DD1 started she was sleeping in a bed, potty trained, i could have a conversation with her. Her speech was excellent at 2.5. She was tall for her age. She was ready, i knew it.

DD2 is dinky, a little chatterbox but a lot of her speech we still can't understand, still in nappies, very attached to comfort blanket and dummy, still sleeps in her cot...still a baby really! The kids at the preschool run around and climb, sit in a circle and sing etc normal pre-school things but my DD2 seems too young..

Arghh what to do. I think she will love it and i don't want to hold her back incase it is just me not wanting to let go (i can't imagine leaving her yet)

Anyone else's DC starting pre-school in Jan age 2??

Omg I'm dreading sending my dd2 to preschool next September at just turned 3 never mind at 2! :) mine is very babyish still and I don't think our preschool take them early (thank god!)

If you think she will love it then why not give it a go? If she doesn't settle you can take her out and try again in 6 months or so.

My dd2 (now 4) started pre-school at just turned 2 and to be honest, with hindsight, it was too soon for her. She took ages to settle, cried a lot, and spent most of the time sitting on the play leader's knee. I think if I'd started her at 2 1/2 like her older sister she would have been more ready for it. She is an August birthday though and I wanted her to have the same amount of pre-school time as her sister had done before starting school. Looking back now, that was irrelevant and I should have just gone with my gut feeling which was to start her later. It depends on the character of the child though. DD2 was teeny and quite babyish and also always had been very clingy. I was hoping it would build her confidence and eventually it did, but she didn't need to go from so young.

Hmm, thanks for the replies. I want her to experience it but my gut feeling is it is too soon. Im going in to the pre-school to sign forms on thursday so i might see if we can start in april or whenever the next intake is...i will be taking DD with me when i go so she will be able to have a wander and i will be able to see how she gets on in that environment with the other kids...