Starting Nursery

I felt the same with my first. He was so upset when I dropped him off but once I was out of sight he was happily playing. He now runs in with all his friends. I think we struggle more than them most of the time.

I felt the exact same. I went back to work in September, I work in a nursery and my daughter comes where I work but in a separate room. I was an emotional mess for about a month before I went back. My daughter struggled with her first 2 settling in sessions but then she got better and now she absolutely loves it! She still gets upset if I enter her room and leave again but when she doesn’t see me it’s like I’m out of sight out of mind, she absolutely loves it and is really thriving!

My son had his first settling in sessions last week, and is doing some more this week. Im not going to lie it’s horrific leaving them when they’re crying their eyes out 😢 I tortured myself worrying for months before he actually started, and that felt way worse than it does now that he’s actually started there!! you just have to think they are in safe hands and it’s a step that has to be taken if you’re going to return to work. I’m hoping it gets better though like everyone else says 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

My LG first session she just saw the toys and that was it didn’t see her again whilst I stayed there then the day I left her for an hour I cried and cried…. I picked her up after and she didn’t want to leave. Basically had to drag her to the car 😂 She goes once a week at the moment and just smiles on her way up the path. Just stock up on calpol for babs and lemsips for yourself, you’ll need them 😂

9 times out of 10, they cry because you've handed them over and then just stand there. Do the talky talk then hand her over, then just leave. Don't drag it out. The second they're inside, they forget about us immediately 🥲 I hated the thought of leaving him in nursery, not knowing who changes him or who feeds him or who puts his lil sockies on... what if they pinch him when they pull his trousers on? Etc and so on. But he LOVES nursery. He cried a few times in the first 2 months, but I found leaving quickly avoided it and I could hear him stop once the door closed, the few times he did cry 🫠 I picked my LO up early the first few weeks, to help me with the transition. I'm very grateful to have had that ability. But I needed that, not LO 😂

And yeah start taking vitamins now. We were all sick for 2 months straight when he started, throwing up, hand foot mouth, respiratory bugs.. noses constantly running, coughs that never went away. We are just coming down with another round of a cold/flu/respiratory virus and I'm popping them vitamins like my life depends on it. I wish I'd have more of a reserve for when we all went down. Cus LO did not care he was coughing until he threw up several times a day and night for several weeks, it was still business as usual with playtime and gogogoogofgogo eucux8zwnfufi. It was rough.