So I don’t know where to start really!
So our 3.5 year old went to the same nursery from 15 months old to beginning of this year.
It used to be a brilliant place for him to go and he came on leaps and bounds while there. However, over the last 6 months a whole load of workers left and they are very short staffed (not their fault) and they have taken on an additional 30+ children. In turn the space became a bit overcrowded and the staff were just not paying attention to the children when they needed them. He has been potty trained since July and absolutely fine but since the influx of children and the short staff he was having accidents twice a week with a kid there that was continuously hitting him. Not just a small hit either, I mean hitting him over the head with hard objects. Our son never hit back, just used to say “no thank you, please stop it, it’s naughty.”
They also kept giving him dairy even though it was on his notes not to, and he would have upset belly a lot! We felt because of this and starting school in September, a pre-school setting would be better and can work on his confidence as he has a slight speech delay due to glue ear. He started Monday and walks in every day with a smile on his face and gets excited to get ready to go. He went in on his first day and was brilliant, same for Tuesday as well. Wednesday was good, and then yesterday he was a bit emotional as he had a long night with coughing through the night and then today when we picked him up they said he had an emotional day and that he wanted to play with a toy and so did another child. Because he got frustrated with sharing he then screamed in the other child’s face twice! I’m mortified he isn’t like this at all, if anything he is normally the one who is a pushover and will get pushed around. He said he was very sorry and we talked to him about sharing and not shouting. They said that the transitioning between tasks has been a bit much this week like transitioning from a game to snack time etc. and also the sharing aspect he hasn’t been great but they weren’t concerned. We always teach him to be kind and not shout, I just wanted to see if there was anything we could do at home about building confidence and building his communication skills to his peers as he is confident talking to adults.