Nursery return

[Pickles31]

Can I just ask if people are sending their little ones back to nursery on 1st June?

Wow. That sounds like a really lovely school. They really care about the welfare of their children.

There was a very clear agenda with that post in my view - to discourage parents from sending their DC to school.

DS is 13 months and was due to start nursery prior to this happening. He hasn’t completed his settling in yet.
Nothing has changed since 8 weeks ago when all this started so if I can keep him at home then I will, however when DH is back at work I’ll have to send him as I can’t work and look after him all week.

@DappledThings same here. The only changes at our nursery are parents can't enter so drop off and collection is done outside the building, the children are having more regular handwashing, and comprehensive handovers are no longer done in person, they will be communicated electronically via an app that the nursery already use that we have access to. The only noticeable difference for my DD has been changing in which staff are on at any one time and much reduced numbers of children, but she doesn't seem bothered by either of these and happily trots off through the door without a backwards glance at me!

We've been sent an email saying back on 1st June and further details soon. Had nothing yet, no details about how it will work. Email was signed off see you all on the 1st June, so I read that as everyone back.

I'm not happy about sending her back tbh, for me it's a bit too soon even if DH and I are struggling to get our working days done in between childcare. DH is working on trying to get more money in after being let go from a position right after lockdown and is working on various projects but yet to see any money coming in.

But they'll be expecting payment so we would be paying a LOT of money just to keep her place, it's a very popular nursery and if we pull her out there's no guarantee her place will be there later, the other nurseries around here don't compare and she loves it and her friends. We'll have to suck it up!

I'm also on a immunosuppressant and a small dose of steroids for arthritis, if it strikes and she brings it back with her it may hit me hard which is a worry too.