For momma's worried about sending your babies to nursery

I've seen a lot of posts lately about this so I wanted to hopefully offer some reassurance. My baby started nursery in February when she had just turned 7 months old and I was a wreck about it. I was so anxious, I sobbed, I rang the nursery constantly to check on her... For context, when she went she would only contact nap and she would cry hysterical if anyone who wasn't me or her dad so much as looked at her... I just couldn't see how she would cope at nursery and I felt terrible for sending her. It turns out our babies are far more adaptable than we realise... We just had a parent conference with the nursery and they told us how impressed they are with how well she's settled in, how happy she is, how she babbles away constantly, how well she's doing against all of her milestones...and we've noticed it too, she's happier when we take her and hand her over, she's happy when we pick her up, she's come on loads since shes been going with her social skills and just look at some of the pictures we get from them while she's there ❤️ I know how you feel right now if your baby is about to start nursery and you're worried... I hope this offers you some reassurance xx

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You have no idea how much I needed to read this!!!! Thank you xxxxx

I really needed to see this toonthe realisation of having just over 2 weeks till he goes is starting to hit. I am blessed that I will be off at half terms but its still hard to make that initial move. I'm glad all is going well with your little girls transition x

Awww she looks like she’s having the best time! The pic of her doing a footprint made me laugh, it’s her 😬 expression 😂 my daughter is loving nursery too, it’s a nice change to being stuck with me all day I guess 🥹

Definitely needed this especially after what’s in the news. Thank you. Well done to your little one xx

Thank you for this post, I’m so scared of handing over my little girl to anyone I didn’t even want to leave her with her 15 year old auntie for 10 minutes. I was contemplating not sending her to nursery in September with the free hours as I just don’t know if I could let someone else look after my baby but these pics look great looks like she’s getting a lot out of it which is lovely xx

@Stef I feel the same as this. My LG has only been left with my partner as we don't have any one local to look after her. I'm dreading August and I go back to work full time. 😫 I know she will be fine. Just not sure I will be xx

Yer that’s even worse for you as no one else has had her my mother in law looks after her up to twice a week which I’m fine with she’s great with her and know her ways inside out my side hasn’t looked after her not because I don’t trust them but because they don’t know her ways like how to calm her down or best way to get her to nap etc but I suppose babies adapt like the post says and people do know how to look after babies if they’re trained or had them themselves they’ll get to know our babies and I’m sure will do fab with them. I am finding it hard to trust a nursery though with loads of strangers I don’t like the idea of them looking after her 😭 how do we get over the trust part! x

@Stef @Tara - my little girl was the same, we don't have many people close by, the person she sees most consistently is my mum but that's only once every week / two weeks and I don't like leaving her either (have only left her with my mum 3 times since she was born and each time was only for a couple of hours) but a couple of weeks ago we dropped her at nursery and her main teacher came out to get her and when she took her my little girl cuddled into her which was the loveliest most reassuring thing to see ❤️

Thank you for your post ❤️

@Monique that’s lovely to read, and the napping is great! Very reassuring thank you x

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