Difficult to leave LO at nursery

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My 28 month old is very happy, no behavioural or developmental issues, seems intelligent and talks a lot. He has been to a few different nurseries since he was around 11 months old (the first one closed down, the second nursery he only attended for a week before we moved him to a better one, then we moved to a different area so we had to change nurseries for a third time). He is really clingy to me when he's at home, and even though I've been bringing him to this nursery for over a month, he still cries when I leave him each morning which is heartbreaking. It's quite a posh nursery, the carers all seem lovely, and they do lots of activities. They also send photos and communications on what he has been up to each day. He likes to socialise, but they said that on a few occasions he didn't want to participate in certain activities with the rest of the group, particularly drawing and painting. He enjoys doing this at home (although I would say he prefers playing with his cars and trains). Is this cause for concern?

Nope. Totally fine for him to have preferences and dislikes, even if it's different at home. He will be fine. And it's probably about time you started saying he is 2 .

It sounds quite normal to me. My 3 year old still cries sometimes when I drop her off at nursery. She’s been going for 2 years. It feels horrible but I know she enjoys it when she’s there and gets over the initial separation. Also, sometimes children don’t want to join in with certain activities, so I wouldn’t worry about that. You can always ask the nursery staff if they have any concerns (at our nursery they do parental consultations a few times a year).

Agree, totally fine.
My child will paint pictures etc at nursery, trying to get him to do it at home is a no go.

In fairness to him, he's been moved round a lot, of course for his benefit and some not (shut down etc) it's only been a month. He will soon settle.