You're doing the right thing evil . You're back at work so the separation thing has to be got through but he will be fine.
DD1 never went through the separation anxiety thing but because she was used to being looked after by others for the first three months of her life, as I was so ill, it was to be expected. We're fairly close now, when it suits her :o
So. Nursery. DD1 has been fairly easy. I've been building her up to going, and she really needed the social aspect and the discipline. Over two weeks she went in every day from 30 minutes to 6 hours and is reasy to go full time on Monday. Whoop. She nap dodges there too, much to their dispair, but apart from a few incidents where she tried to nick other girls's hairclips she has settled in verywell.
LO has found it much harder. She did 90 minutes on Friday and will go up to 6 hours by the end of next week. Hysteria to the point of fainting the first couple of days (10 and 15 minutes) but, although she is stillcrying most of the time she has started to build a relationship with her key worker, ie turns towards her now when she is upset, rather than away from her.
It's hard, and DH has had to take next week off too (his sudden unpaid leave request was accepted with no quibble, funny that) as I am on sick leave and have to stay in most of the time.
But the nursery workers are good, I trust them 100%. They don't have to suck up to us as the places are so oversubscribed, so can afford to be honest about how things are going. They are being so lovely with LO in particular as she is finding it so hard. They have assigned her a much older woman as her key worker as they know she doesn't have a nearby granny. I thought that was a very sweet detail to have thought about.
They have decided not to try and make her nap in the dormitory til she is ready and will put her in a bouncer, swing or pram as they see fit to ensure she does get rest.
The facilities are fab. A garden which is in part tended by the big kids, so dd1's group. A swimming pool room which is more like a giant bath for water play, but filled with polysterene balls in Winter. A huge big games room which is a soft play area. And then the three main rooms for the age groups. There is also a 'classroom' for quiet activities for the bigger children, dormitories for each age group, and a huge wooden veranda which runs right round the building, which is open for the kids to run or crawl free as long as it doesn't rain or snow ( though there is a fence to stop the toddlers from running ocer the babies).
You know what? If there weren't so many small people there I would like to go there for daycare myself!!!
The menu for September is great. A raw veg starter; meat or fish; cooked veg; a cheese course then fruit or pudding. It is far better than the leftovers or pasta I fed them at lunch. On Friday DD1 ate coleslaw, cod in a tomato sauce with green beans, brie and fruit salad.
OK. So that's nursery summarised. I'll talk about me on FB. Tomorrow maybe.