Toddler Moms !

For context he is 19 months and he has gone with grandparents for about 4-5 hours but that’s about it

It'll come and go as he continues to develops. But gets easier as he develops the routine and builds his relationships

@Kamaira Okay thats good to hear, he has one teacher that he loves but she doesn’t get there until 8:30 so when he doesn’t see her he tries to run out and is screaming but at the end of the day he’s fine for the most part during pick ups. In the pictures she sends he’ll be smiling and happy so that makes me feel better about it lol

Yeah it's the age. I worked in a 1yr old room for years. Definitely age appropriate

For their infant class they had no issues. Day 1 was happy to go. The transition to the toddler room took about a month 🥴

@Daija i definitely plan on sending our next sooner!😭 how soon do you think ? Not 6 weeks but sooner for sure

Months tbh 😬

My daughter started going at 6 months 🥺 she has done really well but I think it’s because she’s been going for so long already. She also has a favorite teacher but she loves her daycare. Some days she doesn’t want to leave. I recommend following the daycare schedule even when he doesn’t go so that he can get used to that routine.

@Caroline how old did you send them if you don’t mind me asking?

@Angelica okay i will definitely do that! Im thinking about sending our next at 6 months as well! I think it will be better than him being as old as Troy was when we sent him

Honestly it varies. I had kids who would be fine 3 days in and I also had one that I had for 2 years and he still cried at drop off

@Tessa wow! 2 years is so long😭 i hope thats not my boy i wouldn’t last that long

@Jade my boys started part time at 4.5 months and full time at 9 months. I think the switch in schedule and people made it hard to transition at first in the infant class their schedule was built around them but in toddler they follow a group schedule. I’d say if he already has a favorite teacher it’ll be a couple weeks.

@Daija Okay thats good. I was thinking 6 months bc when its time for me to go back to teacher when the school year starts hell be 6 months. For my older son i just missed the whole school year of work and stayed home with him so maternity leave + summer break he should be 6 months or close to it

@Jade yea I went back at the start of the school year. I’m a ph.d student so when I wasn’t in class they stayed home until I had to do class everyday 🥴 I think 6 months will be fine but from my understanding with each class change their could be a restart

@Jade both 14 months in our case.

It comes and goes. My son had been going to playcare starting at 4 months while I taught a class at the local ymca. At 8 months he started crying whenever I left the room. He's now 2 and started daycare in September. Part way through October he stopped crying at every drop-off.

2-3 months

Thanks everybody ❤️ i was nervous that he hated it😂this makes me feel better

For my girl it was super important that she had a teacher she bonded with be there when we dropped her off. Even at 3 it’s still a big thing. It helped once she turned 2 that we narrated what was going to happen when we got to daycare,” we are going to daycare. We will do a big hug and kiss and say goodbye.” Etc.

@Zoë i will have to try that last part, we say “we’re getting ready for school” and “were about to leave for school” but never that so that might help, soon as he sees the school he cries 😂😩