My ds has started at his nursery school this week. He seemed to be settling in ok though was crying when I picked him up yesterday. Today I took him in at quarter to nine, then at 10 o'clock i got a call from the school saying he'd been crying for half an hour and could i come?
They can't figure if anything has triggered this bout, and my poor ds went through the motuions, sat for a story, helped bring the milk and just cried the whole time. I don't know what to do to help him. He has been at a childminder since 18 months old and is very familiar with big groups of kids from the toddler groups he goes to every week.
when I got to school, i stayed with him for the rest of the morning session. As long as I was there he did everything he was supposed to eg, sat on the carpet for a story, did tidy up time. I even ended up reading stories to half a dozen kids. He is not usually clingy with me like this.
I understand he is in a new routine but i am starting uni myself in a week and a half and I can't be on call every time he needs me.
Moreover,.I am worried that if he knows that the school will phone me if he cries, he will keep on crying. Does anyone have any advice on settling them in?