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After a few weeks of a bit of upset at drop off/pick up she now happily runs in, barely says bye. Also when she was upset, they’d send me a photo literally 5 minutes later of her happily playing. Her confidence is growing, her speech is amazing, she’s learning to interact with other children and adults, and it’s preparing her for school in the future too. They do activities and things we wouldn’t generally do at home. They get so much out of it. I know it’s scary, and it’s not nice leaving them but you’ll both soon adjust
Thank you both so much, I was really anxious last night in regards to it, but I really feel it will help her a lot and I'm glad to see it also helped your toddlers😊
I think nursery is great, but there's lots of alternatives if you really don't feel comfortable with it. A childminder might be good for your child to be in a smaller group setting with a wider age range to encourage talking? Nursery numbers can be a bit overwhelming for little ones. Or regular children's centres groups where you can get to know the same kids each week. Or some regular Home Ed groups start from around 2yrs.
@Helen childminders are fully booked in our area ☹️ I agree about it being overwhelming, I'm going to try her out for a month if she doesn't settle I will just take her out! I take her to children centre groups weekly but where they are all running around she doesn't get much from it at the moment
Definitely a positive thing. Our daughter took a month to settle, which seems to be the case for most little ones, but she’s absolutely loved it since, and we’ve seen her come on so much since starting. It’s hard at first, but definitely gets easier. Hope this helps xx