Our nursery is not reopening for the forseeable future and our kids have been offered places at another one from the same chain in our town. It's all been a bit last minute but we have felt we have to accept as we are really struggling to WFH with a 3 and 1yo (both have demanding jobs managing teams).
Nursery handover is going to be a quick, minimal handover at the door to staff in PPE. The location and staff are completely new and I am not really happy about handing my 16 month old over in these circumstances as we can't explain it to him. I've requested a more gradual introduction in outside space (they have a small woodland) but was told no.
Are other nurseries doing similar and do you think it's OK? I think he will be frightened and I feel quite upset thinking about it. He was happy in nursery from 3 months old til lockdown and I think I would have been OK with this in the old nursery/ known staff, but not in a totally new setting. I'm thinking of just leaving him there for a couple of hours on the first day but - should I be pressing for a better introduction, are other nuseries doing that (I found one thread on here suggesting some are)?
BTW we also have a 3 year old and I am OK with these conditions for her, it's not great but she can understand and definitely wants to go. I just don't think it is appropriate for a baby who can't understand a verbal explanation.