Any nursery workers out there? Need some reassurance please 🙏

I used to work in private nurseries and many times in the baby room. I never needed to settle the babies but I did the parents . It’s all normal feelings , I’d give the mums hugs and give extra reassurance and photos/videos throughout the day to let them know they were in safe hands. Personally I can’t afford the nursery fees for full time so my parents have stepped online and said they’ll look after baby until she’s a bit older x

I still work in childcare in a private nursery for the past 3 years and I’m putting my baby in one. It’s scary but we really treat them like our own they will develop so much more interacting with children. You will see updates everyday and when we give the parents their art work their faces light up it’s the best thing ever xx

They won’t feel abandoned honestly, some children don’t even look back when they go somewhere new and your the one left crying, happened with all 3 of mine haha, But I personally would put my child in a private nursery, I would look for a childminder, nurseries and going downhill and a lot have been closed recently due to staff not looking after children properly/management/accidents that can be prevented, Maybe look at what other options you have x

@Carla great 👍

@Carla not really the vibe here Carla 😂 she wasn’t asking for your personal opinion on nurseries. OP - don’t be put off by this. For every horror story, there’s a million positive stories. I promise it gets easier over time. My first born is now going to school after 4 years at nursery. Ofcourse I would had rather been with him the entire time but the things he learnt and how he developed into one amazing kid he is today - I have to put a large part of that down to his experiance at nursery as that’s contributed to shaping him as a person. The staff come across us nervous mums every day - all totally normal!

@Jess of course it is, she wants honesty, I have 15 year of childcare and working in nurseries, I’m not going to lie to someone that’s scared or nervous off putting their child in childcare, Even I was with my experience, The past 2/3 years it’s all gone down hill, in the 2 settings I’ve been placed in staff care more about friendships and slagging off the rest of the staff than looking after kids, why would I want my kids in that setting xxx

@Carla again… she didn’t ask for or opinion on whether she should or shouldn’t. She has explained her reasons why she needs to use childcare like billions of others have to do every day. What about ‘needing reassurance’ do you feel actually means ‘scare me to death’ ffs

@Jess haha okay, Go for it, guessing honesty isn’t needed of course we all need childcare, you will feel scared and like a shit mum but they will make sure your child is being cared for 100% x

@Jess it’s ok I can see right through some mums comments on here. They can’t help themselves stirring the pot. They also don’t know the difference between fact and opinion. Isn’t it nice to know I’m gonna be sending my baby to a gossip filled bitchy nursery because I’m sure they are all like that🙈😉 I’m never asking for reassurance on this app again because you just get it thrown back in your face. And @Carla next time you wanna let everybody know about your awful experience why not try reading the room a bit? I was looking for reassurance and you just couldn’t help yourself making another mum feel like shit when I felt anxious enough. So thanks xxx all the best.

I’m sorry but how have I made you feel like shit, I’ve gave you information from experience on both sides of the field and explain what I felt better for myself and my children from being a nursery nurse and a mum, Sorry if you feel like that x

@Carla apology accepted. thank you