My DS has just turned 4. He started preschool in September. It took a few weeks for him to settle in as he’d never been in childcare before and it’s a huge nursery so was a big change, especially as we’d been really isolated during covid.
Anyway, he was fine after that until now. He had a week off over Easter and then a day off sick in the week he went back, and since then he’s been crying at every drop off. The first thing he says when he wakes up is that he doesn’t want to go. I’ve tried talking about it with him when he’s calm but he can’t explain why other than he wants to be at home with me (I work full time so not an option, though DS2 is at home with our nanny). I’ve checked with his nursery and he’s fine after about 10 mins but it’s heart breaking leaving him crying and it’s been a week now of every day.
Does anyone have any tips?
he will be starting school in September and we found out his new school and started talking about that around the time he went back to nursery after Easter, so I wondered if it could be connected to anxiety around that maybe, or perhaps I’m over thinking it?