Moving DDs nursery and feel guilty

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DD is 3 in a few months, and because we are moving we decided to move her to a nursery closer. We have a lovely forest nursery a 5 min walk away, compared to a 35 min drive if we keep her in her current one. I guess it’s not a long drive but i know it will be longer in traffic, if she gets ill and need to get her it might just be a pain long term.
thing is she loves her current nursery, looks forward to going and seeing her educators. I’m feeling stressed by the move and the change of it all, and I’m feeling awful. Should I have kept her in her current nursery if she loves it that much or am I doing the right thing?

I hope that she will love her new nursery too - it sounds lovely. I would make her last day special (cake and cards for everyone) so she knows her friends will miss her but they’re happy for her too, because she’s going on a new adventure. Can she tell everyone something she likes about her new house (her pretty bedroom/big garden) so they’re not just talking about goodbyes?

Honestly, I would be really positive- you may find she makes the transition brilliantly and you’ll be wondering what you were so stressed about!

Easy logistics are such a bonus for nursery. She'll do great and she'll love walking home too!

I think at this age you do the worrying and they are usually absolutely fine. We moved DD at 3 and she never mentioned her old Nursery after starting the new one.

Is the new Nursery attached to a school? If so, you're absolutely doing the right thing.

Hi, OP. The new nursery sounds lovely, I would move her. I worked in a nursery for nearly 20 years, I promise your DD will adjust. I actually think these thing are harder for the parents than they are for the DC

I'd move her...I think a 35 minute car journey to nursery is quite long. My dc had to both move nursery...one because we moved and then another time because the nursery closed. They were fine.

35 minutes is extremely long journey for nursery, you're definitely doing the right thing. If she has a couple of good friends, presumably you're already doing playdates etc, so just carry thar on

Thanks everyone, that’s reassured me a bit. I think maybe it is me worrying more. I worry so much it’s terrible! Just want to make sure I’m doing right thing.
it will be nice to just walk down the road and pick her up

We moved DD1 at 2.5. We just told her she was going to big girl nursery and she never looked back. I think small children are more adaptable than we expect.