So DS has been with a childminder since he turned 1. He's settled well there. But we also applied for a nursery place thinking the lists are very long round here and rumour amongst local mums had it, we could be waiting a year or more. Not true. DS has been offered a place and would start around 15/16 months old at the start of January, just 3 months after starting at the childminder's, or 2.5 months considering Christmas. Will this be hugely unsettling for him?
The childminder is great, but has her down sides and we always said we wanted a nursery place before school (just couldn't get a place before I had to go back to work). It's now come a lot quicker than a year, but after starting at the childminder's, and unfortunately if we don't take up the nursery place, we will lose it.
Will it be too upsetting to him at this age to move him so soon after settling at the childminder's?
We need to give the childminder notice within the next 2 weeks. I'm increasingly nervous about whether we're doing the right thing for DS or not.