Starting nursery

I’m a bit different as I work in a nursery and I trust all the staff with my life and know that my baby will be taken care of. Have you had a look round nurseries to get a feel for them? Xx

Me! I have a slightly unique sitation in that i train nursery staff and she is attending one of the nurseries i work with. It would be highly unusual for any nursery to hurt or shout at a child. Read their safeguarding policy, ask about staff training, turn up at times theyre not expecting you so you can observe a little of the day would be my hints, no nursery should ever have a problem with that

I’m lucky that my work agreed to my requested hours so we don’t have to send our girl to one, I truly don’t know how mums cope with their babies in nursery 😩 it’s so hard

My girl starts nursery in January, I’m so worried about this too 😭 but my friends little boy started nursery with the same chain earlier this year and he absolutely loves it, it’s taken a little while to settle in, with the drop offs he cried for quite a while but now absolutely loves it, runs off when she drops him and has developed and learnt so much, so I think as long as you trust you’ve picked the one you had a good feeling with and when they start you can tell they are enjoying it (just adjusting to missing you which is normal) I think you will be able to tell if they are not enjoying it for other reasons and can always change if you get a bad intuition once they start and if they aren’t settling in xxx

Me! Our LG is starting in Jan in prep for me going back to work in Feb 🫠 we went to visit a few and went with the one we had the best feeling with. We spoke to different staff members and let our little one play/interact with kids and key workers in the room she would be going into and she seemed to enjoy it as well. I'm expecting the settling in sessions and maybe a few weeks of crying at drop offs etc but I think that's pretty normal when she's essentially being left with people in an environment she doesn't know yet. I'm really happy with our choice and I genuinely think she'll thrive but I'm still a little sad I won't have my little sidekick everyday x

Me! However my LB is going to a childminder - anxieties still remain. However I have met the person on a few occasions and know of them through people so that’s helped with feeling less anxious xx

@Kaushika I would feel so guilty if there was something going on and that was the reason for my baby not settling