My child will be 3 at the begining of Jan and has just started at a nursery after 2 years at a wonderful childminder. We moved her for a few reasons including wanting her to be more used to larger groups and because our childminder had been talking of retiring. At the childminder she was usually with 1 or 2 children at least 6 months older than her and also the after school kids who she loved playing with.
Since starting at nursery she seems to have had some kind of regression. My lively, chatty, fully potty trained ball of energy is suddenly sulky, having accidents and has gone back to having 2 hour naps a day. Her language also seems to have gone backwards and she gets very frustrated. Its been 6 weeks now and I had hoped that things would have calmed down but if anything it's getting worse.
The way the nursery organises its rooms is that all the Sept-Dec borns are in one room and then the other 2 yos are in another room. This make my DD the eldest in the room and I'm wondering if being with lots of younger ones is having an effect on her behaviour? Most are still in nappies and they use makaton and much younger games and invitations to play.
Should I request she moves up a room? I'm guessing they will say no due to space but also due to my DD now coming across as quite immature. I also worry that moving her will unsettle her further.
Anyone have any advice or been through similar?