Would this arrangement harm my child?

[Fiona2011231]

May I ask if this type of arrangement will have a negative effect on my children?

We have a one-year-old boy and a five-year-old boy. In Sept, when the new school year (for my older son) begins, we would have to find a childminder for both.

So far we have found a childminder, and it seems it will be alright for the youngest child.

However, the childminder would not be able to take my older son to his school and to pick him up after school.

So this is our plan: In the morning, we will bring both children to this childminder.

Afterwards, another person will come and take my older son to school.
In the afternoon, this person will pick him up and take him to the childminder for a few hours before we come to collect both children.

We are afraid this arrangement would negatively affect my older son as he may see there are too many people around him. Do you think so?
My sincere thanks,

I am sure he will quickly become used to the routine of someone taking him to and from school from the childminders, if he is just starting school he may just see it as part of his school day, if that makes sense. And he will have even more people to tell all about his day.

I think as long as the routine is consistent your son will be fine - they adjust very quickly to different adults in the classroom etc.
I think the only problem area you might have will be in getting messages to and from school, it will go from you, to the childminder, to the school runner and eventually to school, and back again. Yes you could set up a contact book between you and school but sometimes things get forgotten until the last minute and it might be too late to write in it. Also just be prepared for his possessions going missing in transit. (When I was childminding kids regularly left stuff at school or my house, parents didn't realise until next morning and didn't know whether I had it or it was in school)

Could the person pick up from Yours in am and take Striaght to school

How come cm can't /won't do school runs?

Agree that messages may not get passed on - a book is a good idea tho again teachers may not always look /write in
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I don't think 2 people will be too much.

I wouldn't have thought this would be a problem for your dc. I would think it would just become part of the new routine so won't be anything unusual. I think the idea of a note book for everyone to write messages in is a good one so everyone knows what's going on.

Definitely won't harm your DS- doesn't necessarily sound the smoothest way, but obviously can't comment without knowing your situation.

The point someone made about messages getting lost in translation is a very good point. Could the person who does the school runs not pick up and drop off directly from you? Is there another parent who could perhaps help out instead? Children are adaptable, so they will get use to any situation, having lots of adults around needn't be a problem.

It's a real shame when CM can't accommodate school runs, I'm in a similar situation myself, two of my mindees who have been in my care the longest are going to school in sept, opposite ends of the town, I can't possibly be in two places at once, so I have to let one family down...it's tough!!

Thank you so much for your kind advice.

For some reason, none of the local childminders could take my child to the school. Apparently in my son’s class, most children have a parent staying at home, so the childminders don’t see a demand to pick up. Rather, they would prefer to pick up children at other schools.