Are you still sending your child to Nursery/Pre School?

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Are you still sending your DC to nursery or ore school at the moment?
DS starts school in September and is an only child so I have been sending him so he gets prepared for school and socialises with other children.
I've been unsure what to do but having talked with his pre school teachers they said he is really enjoying it and it's benefitting him going in and he has come on in leaps and bounds.
But I'm not sure after seeing tonight update it's worrying me how many cases their are and I'm now wondering if the benefits outweigh the risk?
What is everyone doing?
Thank you :)

No, keeping her off. It’s tough but we’re just about managing it. It’s about 50/50 among my friends.

Hell yes

Yes I'm sending my three year old in, she's missed out on so much this last year plus it means I can try get most of my work done whilst she is there.

Yes purely because DH and I both keyworkers and can't work from home with DS otherwise I'd keep him at home, he's only 1.

No, not at the moment. It's just not worth the risk of her bringing it home at the moment and as the schools are shut she has a sibling to play with so isn't too bored.

Yes, DD does two full days a week and loves it. She’s an only too and seeing her nursery ‘friends’ (both children and teachers) is the highlight of her week.

@TempsPerdu

Yes, DD does two full days a week and loves it. She’s an only too and seeing her nursery ‘friends’ (both children and teachers) is the highlight of her week.

Exact same situ here, only child doing 2 days a week!

Yes 3 mornings a week.

No not until infection rates come down. I'm off work while in lockdown so home anyway .. he'll go back eventually but just not yet .

Yes my son has a KW spot at our private nursery in Scotland.
I get the concern but I trust the nurseries rigerous policies and they are minimum 75% outside (even in North Scotland in winter).
Jason Leitch (Scottish medical officer) did some interesting videos on twitter recently in relation to ELC which showed that 0.6% of 2-5 year olds in Scotland had tested positive since the pandemic started this is very very low (less than 1000 cases) even with the new variant. They even confirmed that nurseries are shut up here other than to key workers as a precautionary approach due to community transmission level not because the nurseries have been found to be a transmission point.

Yes, my DD is going, though I have just deferred her school place (she was due to start in April but I've pushed it on to September at least). She loves nursery and thrives on creative play and seeing her friends - she's an only child and gets lonely with just me for company. There have been zero cases at the nursery and unless/until there are, I will continue to send her.

No, I'm waiting for infection rates to come down a bit. We are in an area that had very high rates over Xmas and he had to isolate most of December because of nursery cases. I'd rather have him home and be able to take him out every day than go through isolating him again. He's happy though as has older siblings and I can sustain the juggle for maybe one more week....

Yes - we both work

No. Older siblings are off school and it’s a large nursery in a badly affected city. Her room had several cases before Christmas and more today, and as we’re lucky enough to work from hole and already have the pain of the older ones off, we’re spending the money on not sending her. Moment the next youngest is back to school she’s going.

I’m not at the moment, it’s a very busy nursery and high cases in our area, hoping they will have dropped after the next half term so he can go as it will be good for him

Reduced to one day a week to cover when I have to go into work, but if I had the option we'd be at home full time even though my lo loves nursery & the socialisation is great.

No. Ds (age 3) loves nursery but also loves being at home with me, it's just not worth the risk at the moment.

Yes it's the only normality they have

Just to add that if I had to work outside the home and had no choice than to send him in that would be very different of course. I'm very lucky that I've just started Mat Leave and can be at home with him right now.

No my 3 year old loves nursery but is also happy being home. But I also have a 1 year old so we are home anyway. I consider it is playing our small part in removing from a possible infection link. All has to help in the bigger picture.

But I completely understand kids attending for parents working full time. it would be almost impossible to get any work done with very young children to look after.

Yes. My 4 year old is going. I'm on furlough but feel he needs to go.
Development wise he's behind and his speech is quite unclear for his age.

He doesn't understand what's going on and needs some sort of normality/ routine in his life.

The nursery have had 2 cases both of which were at separate times and no other children/staff caught it. In fact he has only had one cold in a year! There cleaning procedures are amazing.

Been made to feel very guilty by some people for sending him but more harm would be done in the long term keeping him off in my opinion.