Hi, I'm worried that DD's nursery is not the right environment for her. DD was a late starter and the intake is a staggered one, so alot of the children had already formed their friendships. DD has struggled to be accepted, she's always been really friendly & sociable but hasn't really made friends. In tje playground she will approach children and play & has played with children that she recognises from nursery. She was quite happy and bubbly before nursery but I semse that she has lost confidence there.
One of the girls ran off when playing & DD voiced, that she has no friends in the playground and none in nursery
When I drop her off there arent Ny friends that she rushes to
Her key worker is a male and shes more cautious with males & he speaks very loudly which she finds uncomfortable
Other things I have noticed, which is a snapshot and may not be true os that the ethnic minority children don't seem to mix with the other kids
DD is a lockdown baby, high shyness & she is apparently behind in social and emotional domains
I'm looking around for other nurseries, she has a year left, one that will maybe give more support.
The one week when she was really happy and confident in nursery was when she went in wearing her ocassiin dresses and got notoced and complimented by everyone so I feel that the confidence loss is that she is just not acknowledged when she goes in.
I don't know whether to pull her out or drop her days or keep going as at least it's consistent. But with lockdown stress I think she does need more support, as emerging research is showing. Obviously nursery is a good environment for learning but if she is losing her confidence there that will affevt all her learning. What are your thoughts? So confused