how long did it take before your dc's to stopped crying when you left them at nursery

[lizandlulu]

my dd is in her second week of nursery, she only goes mondays and tuesdays 9 till 1.
she cries everymorning when i leave, but as soon as i go, she stops crying and has a great time. its just the initial leaving she doesnt like and it really tugs at my heart strings. i know i am doing the right thing by taking her, she speech has come on leaps and bounds since she has been going. her friend goes too, so she does have a frienly face.

i was just wondering if others had been through the same and how long did it take untill they stopped crying and just went in and left you?

Hi - I don't know how old your dd is, but ds1 started at pre-school 2 mornings a week when he was 2.5 and he cried every time I dropped him off for about 6 weeks.

However, once he got over this he was absolutely fine and now loves going crying if he can't go because he is ill. Now a year on he hardly looks over his shoulder as he goes through the door!!! Are they allowed to take comforters in with them? DS1 used to take in his special teddy which helped.

DS has been at his nursery for over a year and there are still times when he cries at drop off, especially if we've just come back from holiday, or if he's been poorly, and quite often just on Monday mornings. Then he'll go back to being fine. Most of the time when I come to pick him up, it's hard to tear him away, so I know he's happy there.

I quite often feel like crying when I turn up at work in the mornings, so I sympathise with him.

my dd is 2.2 she doesnt have any comforters or dummies, nothing like that. she doesnt even have a favourite dolly.
my mum picks her up as i am still at work and she is fine, happy playing, mum pokes her head around the door to see what she is doing!
but when she sees mum, she runs to her crying, almost in relief, saying over and over, 'coat nanny, go nanny'.

the nursery have taken pictures of her playing, laughing and smiling.
i just cant wait for the tears to stop

My ds (2) has been going to nursery 2 days a week since oct/nov time. He doesn't cry now when dropped off - except after a long break (christmas).

He didn't have a favourite teddy either before he started nursery but we took one with him and it did become his favourite. He plays with it and feeds it at lunchtime while there so I think it helped to have a reminder of home for those first few months.

I totally sympathise it is horrible leaving them when they cry, even if you know they stop a couple of minutes later and enjoy the day.

My ds says he had fun when we walk home but he also says 'home, coat' as soon as he sees me and runs for the door.

there were times when I really wondered if I was doing the right thing with my dts, they cried most of the way through the first half term! They were fine when I left, and I found the best thing to do was make it as quick as possible before they had time to get too worked up and once I was gone they were fine. They love it now, always have done really, it's just the separation bit that some small children hate.

i have always left quite swiftly. just take her coat off, kiss on cheek, tell her nanny will pick her up, and leave. i thought prolonging the leaving would make her worse!

today she doesnt go to school, and this morning, she was saying 'no school, he he, no school'

mine was awful from about 18 months until now (21 months)

she still goes quiet but has stopped yelling