DS is 17 months and has been going to nursery one day a week since April. It's a lovely nursery, and I have no concerns with it. However, he has been ill a lot - pretty much every time he goes there, he picks something up, which often means that the following week he is not able to go. That, plus a couple of holidays visiting family, has meant that his attendance has been sporadic.
I know babies pick up lots of bugs when they go to nursery, so that in itself isn't a worry. What is worrying me is that this is making it really difficult for him to settle.
He's a really cuddly baby and has recently started getting very, very upset when I leave him at nursery (now that he remembers that I don't come back until later in the day). His key worker, who is lovely, has assured me that he is fine in the day. He's often a bit upset and subdued in the morning, but by the afternoon he's more confident. Still, I felt like crying myself when I left him this morning.
He has started crying when I pick him up - last time, when he saw me, his lip wobbled and he murmured 'Mummy' and buried his head in my neck.
I feel really awful about this. Is he crying when I arrive because he's angry I left him?
I can see that one day a week is making it very hard for him to settle and I worry about the impact it is having on him.
His nursery fees are currently funded by my (very kind) parents, as DH and I are struggling a bit money-wise. I am a SAHM, and am using DS' nursery day to do housework, attend a regular hourly appointment and mainly complete some coursework for a course I am taking (which will hopefully enable me to earn some money in the future). I miss DS terribly in the day.
I'm not really sure what I'm asking of you all, to be honest. I'm just trying to work out whether I should take him out of nursery for the time-being.