Baby not settling well at nursery

[violetcuriosity]

Baby (11m) hasn't been settling well for her settling in sessions and has become really clingy to me in between times. It's now at the point that she will cry and try and cling to me if we get in the car to go anywhere. When she's there she cries a lot for the first half an hour and then has cried on and off for the remaining hour- they've said she's easily distractible though.

My question is- would it be helpful for my Dad to drop her to the next couple of sessions to try break this association that nursery = mummy leaving? He will be doing 2 drop offs a week anyway so won't be completely random. Or, do I continue to do them myself?

Thanks

Is baby ok when your dad takes her? Has she had time with other people away from you and been fine?

I think having your dad drop her off might be a good idea - as long as she’s not clingy to you when you handover to Dad.

Did you have any stay and play sessions there before the first time you left her, we had that with both of ours, so that they saw it as somewhere fun to be.

Did you leave a jumper or something that smells of you for her to cuddle? Our nursery asked us to do that and let them take comforters in (although dd2 had to be re-settled after the Covid break and couldn’t do that then and did a fair bit of screaming).

Do you know (socially) any of the other babies or toddlers there who she could meet outside of nursery?

I know this is an older thread but found it looking for advice in a similar situation. How did she get on? I hope she’s settled well now x