Are you sending your child to nursery?

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Im thinking of sending dd as she misses it terribly. She's such a social butterfly and I think she feels suppressed. I am not a key worker.

In other words - if an OP had said “I am shielding/we are struggling for money/X specific reason I cannot and will not send DC to nursery” the vast majority would have possibly agreed, sympathised and nobody would have said why not?!

That was NOT what was posted. It was a far far more generic OP along the lines of sending kids to nursery in a pandemic.

No. Our setting is running @ 50% capacity and prioritising children of key workers or vulnerable children. Our son is neither. He starts school in Sep and would only have 3 weeks left so he won't be going back.

Pleco28

How do you suggest they try to stop the bleeding? You shouldn't plug a nosebleed (if not a medical professional). They did the right thing to make him lean forward and hold a tissue to his face. If it doesn't stop naturally he'd have needed to get medical assistance (and that's why they called you)

Nope

@eggontoast2 - my baby was 10 weeks when I sent DD1 back to nursery. A good friend sent her daughter back when her baby was 2 weeks.

For me personally, I felt DD1 needed a break from all things baby. DD2 came along just as lockdown happened & her whole world was thrown upside down in every way poor kid. She handled it pretty well but it was obvious she really fed up & getting a bit resentful of baby at times.. she also developed a peculiar anxiety about baby crying & would get really upset.

So we sent her back. She’s been so much happier & back to her upbeat self. She’s really enjoying baby sister now she gets a break a few days a week (she goes 3 days).

I did feel anxious the first week but now it just seems normal. I don’t really worry about DD’s catching it so much as I do myself or OH. And again, not really so worried about catching it as I am the fact we’d have no childcare if we were unwell.. we all caught norovirus a couple years back and it was a horrific week. We felt like we wanted die & had to care for DD who was really really poorly as well. It took a week for us to feel marginally more human & a good two weeks to be back on our feet. DD however bounced back really quickly (as kids do) & it was rough!

My 2 are back tomorrow, which is their first day of reopening. I'm almost delirious with excitement about being able to actually get a decent day's work done and having freedom from the guilt of neglecting them.