To change Nursery or not?

[daisychainz]

My Ds is 4.4 yrs and has been at nursery since he was 9 months. He has been in pre-school at the same nursery for nearly a 1 1/2 yrs as his birthday just missed the cut off date for School. He attends nursery for 3 days a week as i work.
For the past 4 weeks everytime i drop him to nursery he has been telling me that he is not feeling very well and that he wants to go home. It has been worse for me in the last week as none of the nursery nurses are trying to cheer him up.The Women in the room are in their 50's and dont come across as having much fun in them,When i looked through the window after i have left one day my Ds was just stood there all on his own looking at the floor and nobody tried to talk to him and in the end he just sat on his own at the computer, Its really breaking my heart that he is so unhappy. He is starting School in september and i was thinking of moving him to the nursery that is joined on to the school that he will be attending. AIBU?
I think my Ds could be bored with his surroundings and it may be better for him to have a new start?

Sounds bad. What is he like when you pick him up?

He is really happy to see me, but he would be because he knows he is coming home. When i do pick him up most of the time the kids are amusing themselves or watching the tv and the nursery nurses are sat at the tables doing something. I spoke to another mum who told me her Dd has been crying a few times too but would not tell her mother why she was crying. I may be being too soft but my instincts are telling me to move my Ds.

"her Dd has been crying a few times too but would not tell her mother why she was crying."

Doesn't sound good does it? Can you spend a bit of time in the room to see how/if the staff interact with children? If the children aren't happy they won't learn.

Go with your instincts.

Move him. DS started at a nursery like that and we lasted a couple of months (one day a week) before we didn't have the heart to send him any more. He never settled and we still feel guilty.

TV? At nursery?

oh, and move him. It sounds awful..

I would move him too. There are way too many alarm bells ringing from what you describe- mostly that the staff are just sitting around. That sounds like a terrible nursery with unmotivated staff.