Worrries

[HappyGoLuckyMum1234]

Just sent my 10 month old to nursery first 6 hour stint. Am so sad as I didn’t properly get to say goodbye as I was called away to be told off when I popped a nappy in the wrong bin… equally in a bag already…. Not sure the issue there…. My baby was crying and I didn’t give a proper handover… might be changing nurseries after this.
words is wisdom or encouragement?! Please.

I think "proper" nursery handovers can be a hard thing to achieve - and that may continue or crop up now and then for a while - because often they cry at separation and won't stop till the mum leaves. Then they settle! At our nursery handover was in the corridor for this reason.

That said, this far into the education system with my DC, I do get fairly fed up with teachers who treat the parents like the children - all these stern reprimands for tiny misdemeanours! I find it tends to improve as the dc progress through and the teachers get more academically qualified. But the "No, naughty parent, that's NOT how we do it" attitude does grate, so I get where you are coming from.

Quick no fuss drop offs are the best for settling and now you know where the nappies are supposed to go. It really isn’t a big deal although I get that dropping your baby at nursery for their first full session is a big deal! It will get easier promise.

Could it be that you weren’t told off as such, just informed but you were already feeling rather sensitive as it’s LO’s first day?

quick handovers are far more beneficial into helping lo settle. A quick ‘love you, bye and I’ll see you later’ is easier than drawn out cuddles and emotional goodbyes.

Did LO have a settling in session at all?

It will get easier once your baby gets to know the staff and classes them as people he knows. Most of our babies hold their arms out to us at drop off and don’t cry when the parent leaves. The longer the goodbye the more likely it is baby will get upset as they have time to think about it and pick up on the parent’s reluctance.

It can take a few weeks with some babies, with others it can be quicker.