My big girl...

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Well tomorrow is dd's ( 13 months) first settling in period at nursery. I am so nervous and I am not even leaving her this time. It is just an hour and a half session with both of us there. I feel quite sad too - there goes my baby.....

Next week no doubt will be even worse - she will have had two half days working up to her first full day on Thursday..

Wait til she's old enough to start school!!

It will be fine. I bet she flourishes there with lots of other children to play with - DS1 & 2 did. (sympathetic smiley)

She will love it! My ds started full-time nursery when he was 6 months and he loves it. He never cries or is clingy when we leave him in the morning and he has developed well, enjoying the company of other children and the stimulating activities they organise. This is an NHS nursery and I can't praise it enough.
Hope it goes well. Rest assured you will feel more anxious than she will!

She will love it! My ds started full-time nursery when he was 6 months and he loves it. He never cries or is clingy when we leave him in the morning and he has developed well, enjoying the company of other children and the stimulating activities they organise. This is an NHS nursery and I can't praise it enough.
Hope it goes well. Rest assured you will feel more anxious than she will!

well today - for her brief settling in session - she did not bother with me at all. She sat in amongst all the other kids - played with all sorts of toys, crawled around the room, patted the kids and when one boy tried to crawl away from her grabbed his shirt and tried to pull him back. Me - I almost cried!!!

I am so glad I will be sooo busy with work that I won't have time to dwell on how she is getting on - my brain will be on overload getting back to full time teaching!! That is what I tell myself anyway...