Nursery pressures

My one year old has been going to nursery for a few weeks, for one day a week. This is for financial reasons and because we have other arrangements on the other days that work for our situation and family. Nursery seem to be putting on pressure to increase our child's days as they say he's not settling. However, he has had days where he's been largely fine in nursery and I do feel it's our prerogative how many days he does. Has anyone had a similar experience? I know other nurseries have children who only do a day or two a week and those nurseries seem happy with that and willing to accommodate. I also feel that our nursery places the blame on the child rather than really doing what they can to help the child settle in. TIA.

Show your support

My little one only goes for 1.5 days. It probably took at least a few weeks to settle in and obviously with going less time it will take longer? Our original plan was just the one day and nursery didn't have any issues with that. Personally, I wouldn't be sending them for any longer based on nursery's views, it is 100% your choice and if it works for you to increase hours.

Thank you so much for replying. I was beginning to think I was being unreasonable but I totally agree with you. They are telling us our child isn't bonding with any staff member, but they won't give him a key worker. I just feel they see him as an inconvenience and it's becoming very upsetting. 😔

Have they given a reason for not giving him a key worker?

That he hasn't seemed to have identified anyone for himself...

I'm sorry what?!! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Yep. Something like he hasn't seemed to have picked out anyone to go to yet. Surely it should be the other way...

Especially if he is struggling to settle you'd have thought the logical thing would be to allocate him a key person. 🙃

Instead we're getting different members of staff each time 🤷‍♀️

I’d switch nursery’s sounds like a nursery practitioner problem rather than your child xx

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌