Nursery settling in before a holiday?

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Advice wanted!

We're planning a holiday for just before our 11 month old will start nursery - would it be ok to do nursery settling in, go on holiday for a week, then start nursery the week after holiday?

Part of me thinks it would be better to start nursery straight after the settling in (though this would require pushing it all back and taking unpaid leave for a few weeks, as the holiday can't be moved as it's with a group), but part of me also thinks it won't make a huge difference if there's a week between as babe would have the weekend in between anyway and doesn't know the difference between a weekend and a week!

What do you think? Will babe be ok with the week in between or do we need to look at the unpaid leave option...

I don't think there's any point doing settling in sessions before a holiday. The whole point of them are to get your child used to nursery immediately before the full day(s)

Baby doesn't know week/weekend, but does have a concept of time, and a week break will very likely be noticed

Because of a holiday we have booked late Feb, I've pushed back to starting work a week later than planned in March, purely so her settling in sessions will be the week after our holiday, and then the next week I'll start work.

I would do the settling sessions after the holiday. I'd be surprised nursery agree with what you're suggesting, it sounds so disruptive. The holiday alone is going to be disruptive

Thanks for the advice!

Hi, would really appreciate advice!

My 3 Yr old DD started nursery in January, settled in to 5 x half days. We moved up to 5 x 'full' days just before Easter half term, there were tears at drop off but otherwise DD seemed to get into the swing of things. Then we had half term, dad has been away as term started. We went back on full days but she seemed really distressed at drop off and tears at pick up. I was weighing up thinking it's the break and dad's away she's probably feeling a bit more fragile. But then she also mentioned that one of the boys spat at her. I understand its to be expected in a nursery environment. Managed to calm her down about that and she went in for half days. This morning tears again, not wanting to go, managed to convince her and we got to nursery. She saw one of the other kids and started panicking saying that she's not going, she went all pale and withdrawn and said that boy hit her. Am I reading too much into this? Should I soldier on at Calming her and take it as settling in again? She is usually a really bubbly sociable child but this past week she's so withdrawn, it's heartbreaking to see. The teachers said that yesterday she didn't Reay settle while she was there. If we swap to another nursery it can obviously be the same scenario with other kids!

Thoughts and opinions please

@MammaBe you've added a post to a six month old thread about a different topic - people typically click into a thread, read the first post and reply to that, they won't scroll down and see your post. You'd be best off starting a new thread about your issues, and maybe in the specific "Nurseries" subforum under "Childcare".

I wouldn't start her before holiday. Nursery is an absolute germ pit and she will likely pick up something and be ill on holiday x

@givemushypeasachance Thank you! Sorry all just trying tonwork out how to delete it