Two preschoolers in same nursery

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My son recently turned 4 is attending a school nursery and my daughter will be turning 3 soon is attending a private nursery.

Both my children used to attend the same nursery where we lived previously and loved seeing eachother in the playground. They're very close and equally independent.

I'm wanting to place my daughter in to the same school nursery as my son but of course this time, they'd be n the same class for 6 months before my son moves to year 1.

Both seem keen to be in the same nursery but is this a good idea?

Has anyone been in the same situation? What did you do?

Total non issue in my eyes.

no different to twins, surely? I have twins and it was a comfort to them. Concerning if they are very co-dependent (mine weren’t, yours don’t sound it fromwhat you say) but otherwise don’t overthink it. Try and not quiz one about the other though, that way madness lies

Absolutely fine.

i had twins, mine were both in the same nursery.

a friend of mine had two just over a year apart! and they both went to the same nursery

@GentleSquid that's what I'm worried about. Would i create co-dependency. They used to play independently at their old nursery whilst outdoors and sometimes with eachother and they both looked out for one another. I'm probably overthinking this. It's good to hear your twins doing well.

If they're both happy in their respective nurseries now I'd probably not move your daughter again for the sake of 6 months, up to you though, but she's only 3 and that seems like a lot of moving nurseries around..

I have twins who go to the same preschool.

They are both boys and clearly the same age so yes they do tend to gravitate towards each other. This will all change when they go to school as it’s already been confirmed they’ll be in separate classes.

In your situation I’d say it’s likely you’ll find your daughter and son will feel safe around one another but are more likely to gravitate towards children their own age (a year makes a big difference at preschool age from what I’ve seen). And soon enough your daughter will be moving upto reception and they’re not going to be in the same class again.

Make life easier for yourself and keep them at the same preschool together.

I would never put siblings in two nurseries. Waste of time.

It's not a problem at all. As a teacher in a school Nursery I have had this happen several times and I also have twin grandsons. Just do it - the only issue being that the Nursery has a vacancy for the younger one straight away.