So my 3 year old currently attends a Childminder 2 days a week and has done since he was 1yr and using his 15hours from 2yrs.
Now he's 3 and will get 30 hrs from Jan-25 he will in addition to Childminder be attending 2 half days at a new nursery too. Reason I'm keeping Childminder is that she works most of the year so helps with nursery term holidays etc.
Anyway we went to see this nursery before deciding it was was right and have been told his first settling in will be 1 hour on his own.
My 3yr old is relatively shy, I have no problem in that he will love it there, but was more worried about the initial separation at drop off. He does have a friend he knows also starting in the same week so hoping that helps.
What I want to know is if the first settling in hour on his own normal as I find this odd but will take advice.
Also any advice on drop off?