Need to rant/maybe advice?

My son, who is 2 1/2, still cries every day at daycare drop off. He only goes two days a week. The other 3 days, he goes to grandmas. He’s been going for a year now. He had like a month where he wouldn’t cry but now he’s crying again. It’s ripping my heart out. I feel so much guilt and I feel like a shitty mom. I just want to call out of work, pick him up and cuddle him all day. I’m seriously so stressed out over it. Idk what to think, do, or try anymore. Has any other moms gone through this?

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Awh is it because he sees you leave?

Does daycare say he continues for the rest of the day?? I think it's normal for them to cry at drop off especially because he's only there part-time I've heard it's a harder adjustment.

my son was part time and he cried at drop off for a while. do you talk to him about preschool? I think that helped, talking to him about how he’s big and i’m at work so he goes to preschool to have fun. I ask him what he likes best, and we talk about how he gets to dance and sing songs, and we talk about his friends at preschool. we do this on the car ride over so he gets excited. then we talk about what part of the day I’m going to pick him up so he knows I’m coming back and when to expect it. something that also helped was that he has one teacher he really loves, so we would always go over to her at drop off. maybe finding someone that he feels really comfortable with to hand him off to may help with the transition. otherwise, I would maybe ask if he like preschool, and look for some other options? hope that helps!

It could possibly be because it's only 2 days. My son does that for a few days after we have a week break, or when we only send him part time unsteady of every day... but when he's used to going every day of the week, it's not usually an issue

My daughter did the same thing for months!! It broke my heart. But I would get a message that within a few minutes she was always fine.

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