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Comforter at nursery

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Hdfgdcvbbhh · 15/07/2021 11:21

My two year old is starting nursery soon and I’m just wondering what other mums did with regards to comforters. My child is completely attached to his, it’s a small soft blanket with tags that he sucks on he asks for it throughout the day and also sleeps with it. Do I tell the nursery to let him have it if he asks ? What do nursery staff think of this do they allow it ?

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Letsallscreamatthesistene · 15/07/2021 12:20

Yup my son has his there. We actually bought a replica that stays at nursery. He gets given it if hes unsettled and for naps.

3WildOnes · 15/07/2021 12:35

My youngest takes her comforter to nursery. They let her have it whenever she wants it. One little girl always seems to be carrying her little blanket around with her..

mindutopia · 15/07/2021 12:51

Mine have never had comforters at home (except for certain things they sleep with). But our nursery is happy for you to send them in. I think they try to restrict them to quiet/nap times, otherwise they just get really grimy/can be a distraction. But they wouldn't refuse them.

I would recommend the 'nursery version' approach though because it will need regular washing and probably not survive for too long/may get lost/etc.

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TheLovelinessOfDemons · 15/07/2021 12:55

What do you mean by nursery? If you mean nursery class, DS2's didn't allow him to take his. We took him to school with us, DS2 said goodbye to him before he went inside, and I took him with me to pick him up. We still do this and he's 9!

mistermagpie · 15/07/2021 12:57

I've got a two and four year old both at nursery, they both have a comforter and nursery are happy for them to take them in. The oldest's get put away but I think the younger one came have it when she wants (she only one).

mistermagpie · 15/07/2021 12:58

Ditto the pp who says to get multiples - the nursery one goes in the wash quite a bit!

T0rt0ise · 15/07/2021 13:02

My son has 'turtle 2' that lives at nursery ( a duplicate of 'turtle 1' that lives at home) that he has free access to. Nursery asked us initially if we wanted him to have free access or just for sleeping but we don't mind him having it whenever he wants. They wash it at the end of the week along with his bedding (he's there everyday).

balloonsintrees · 15/07/2021 13:24

My 3 y/o is surgically attached to blue bunny and grey bunny, before COVID she would take them into nursery and they would 'sleep' in her tray until nap time when they would wake up to be ready for cuddles.
Because of COVID I had duplicates sent direct to nursery and they stay there the whole time, but again just used for naps.
Afaik nursery staff don't have a problem as my LO is self sufficient and doesn't try to keep them with her the whole time.
She has been found on occasions though tucked up in a corner with them and has fallen asleep...she just seems to need the ears to stroke to help soothe her.

CorpusCallosum · 15/07/2021 13:25

Yep, DD lover her stuffed Lion. At nursery she has Lion's brother; Lionel 😅

It stays in her bag and is just for naps or it would get in the way of her joining in with activities or climbing etc.

FizzingWhizzbee123 · 15/07/2021 14:52

Do you have spares? Spares would be wise.

My son took his to nursery since he started at 14 months. By age 2, the nursery decided it was limiting his ability to do things as he was holding it a lot and so asked me if I was happy to implement a new routine around it. He would arrive at nursery and put it in his bad on his peg himself. He’d have it back for sleep, and then place it in the bag again himself. He was allowed to have it if he needed extra comfort eg hurt himself badly or was genuinely upset or ill, but gently discouraged from carrying it around out of habit. I think this was a good call by thee nursery. He adjusted to this really well and was absolutely fine and I do think it allowed him to better engage with the nursery activities.

He has free access to it at home still and has no trouble adjusting to the different rules at nursery.

Montii · 16/07/2021 10:13

I’m in Australia and my son took his teddy comforter to daycare. They let him have it.

He is almost 4 now and still has it for nap time and bedtime.

I agree with everyone saying to get duplicates.

We have 8 of the exact same teddy on rotation between home, daycare and the washing machine. He sucks on it when he falls asleep so they get gross and I need to have a clean one every day and didn’t want to have to wash every day.

frazzledasarock · 16/07/2021 10:26

Our nursery pointedly asked us to bring comforters in to help at nap times.

My older DC still takes her ms with her she’s four now but has it with her in her back pack and takes it out for a snuggle if she wants to.

toddlermumof1 · 04/08/2022 21:37

My little one doesn't go without her blanket regardless of the weather. We recently got her this really cool Cofi Coo candy rain quillow blanket which folds into a cushion and she is inseparable. We have had to get a back up for home too. Her nursery have agreed to keep one as it's easy to put away and pretty light weight so no hassle. Makes life easy for us and my LO is happy at nursery.

Extratoebeans · 04/08/2022 21:46

I work in a nursery and we encourage comforter items/dummies ect to come with them, ideally in their bags, but not a problem if not. That way if they get upset we can get them out. Its especially helpful for the little ones who have just started. We watch for when they put them down and just sneak them back in to their bags.

Rinatinabina · 04/08/2022 21:54

We have a comforter (it was a personalised gift which would be a pita to get a replacement for -not straightforward) and a nursery comforter, it’s basically the same sort of thing but we said this is x and this is nursery x.

lasted a few months then she started choosing different toys/cloth dolls to take in. We always left her comforter at home. The terror of losing it motivated us to never let it out the house.

Ihaveoflate · 04/08/2022 22:54

My 3 year old takes in her muslin comforter and has done since she started as a baby. We have a dozen identical muslins all with a name label!

Caterina99 · 04/08/2022 23:12

Our nursery encouraged a blanket/soft toy for the transition on a morning, and nap time, but also said it was best to have a duplicate or one specially for nursery in case it got lost or anything.

I didn’t think it would work as my DD was super attached to her favourite toy, and DS had a comfort blanket (although he was less bothered) but they seemed to accept the “nursery version” quite happily even though it wasn’t the same toy or blanket, and the original comfort item stayed at home.

Ours stayed at nursery all week and got sent home on a Friday to be washed.

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