Worried about how she'll cope at school
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It's totally normal lovely as hard as it is. My little boy gets upset going to nursery, he's always so unsure and wants to stay with me etc but literally fine and loving it once we've left. They are at an age now where they are more aware of change and things and start to miss us when haven't seen us for a while. I'm personally dreading school as more children in class etc. At moment there's about 10 at most in nursery. I feel he will struggle but also keep trying to tell myself he will be fine and will eventually adapt. Like claire said you could keep her out until next year but then there's the whole process again. Sending love we are all in this together xx
Is he just at preschool one day a week? They’ve anxiety might be because she’s not settled there, maybe an extra session at preschool would be beneficial as it’s a larger setting and will prepare her better for school!
My little one does 4 days a week, and I feel like it’s been brilliant for preparing him for school in terms of the daily routine, separation from us, and of course developmentally from the activities and socialising etc. That said, he’s very shy and very sensitive. However, he is school ready. And it would be detrimental to keep him back and redo his time in the preschool room at his setting- and where I live it wouldn’t be easy anyway to just send him somewhere else for a year. If the anxiety started from Jan, I’d be inclined to agree with Laura that she’s just not fully settled there yet, as it’s only been a couple of months and she only does 1 day a week there, and extra time there may help, or none at all and just stay with the childminder. I wouldn’t personally reduce time. You aren’t a terrible parent!
My little girl goes to nursery roughly three times a week. She used to find it really hard and it really broke my heart as I had no choice but to work full time. Once she got to about 2 years and a few months she started loving it and except for the odd day has loved it ever since. Increasing her days there actually helped as before she was doing like maybe one day one week or two days the next. She needed a little more consistency I think. However I too am worried about the transition to school as she is very sensitive. My nursery have said they will hold a meeting for her with the school to hopefully get her some extra help but I’m still worried 😅
Hey lovely , if you are worried that your child isn’t ready and you don’t feel ready they don’t have to start until the term after their 5th birthday , so you could carry on with her going to the child minder or a different setting .