Struggling with nursery

[Freddie15VES]

Our 2 year old is becoming really difficult when going to nursery he gets really really upset. He’s gone from 11 months old but this has been going on for months now. We’ve increased a day to see if that helps and he’s just as bad still. Do we take him out and wait until he’s 3 to start again?

Is he doing 15 hours a week?

Is it just when dropping him off or have the nursery said he's also upset while there? My DD some days will cry her eyes out at drop off but is find when in (nursery always send me a little message) or yesterday for example we were 2nd in the queue to go in and she pushed passed the first little boy and ran in. I do find if she's tired she'll cry, if not she's fine. I know how horrible it is to leave them like that I cried when she did it last week even though I knew within 5 mins she's be fine.

Do you mean he’s upset at drop off? What do the staff do to comfort him when you drop him off?

Does he enjoy it when he’s there? Does he tell you what he’s been doing? What do the staff say?

My DS sometimes gets upset at drop off (also 2) but the staff give him a cuddle and then he’s okay. I ask him lots of questions about his day and he always smiles and seems happy when he tells me about what he’s been doing.

I guess you need to unpick if it’s just drop off that’s upsetting him, or if he’s not getting a good experience all day.

My DD is a prolific door wailer, and within twenty seconds in the room she is playing.

I find it helps to talk about nursery, we had a picture of the building too. It might be that he is struggling with the transition of being with mum and going into nursery - in which case lots of positive chat about it, let him know how the morning will go beforehand etc.

Some kids just cry - if he is happy and settled inside I wouldnt worry.