My baby hates childcare

Does she have any time away from you at all? My husband and I both work part time and spend the other part of the day with our LO, so she’s not in daycare but sometimes my mom or MIL will watch her, so she’s had a few different adults. I just started leaving her in the church nursery and I can tell you what’s worked for us. The first few weeks, we just went in and played together in the space for a bit, she met the adults and other kids. Then a couple weeks ago, I gave her a kiss, said goodbye and left. They told me she fussed for a bit and then was fine. I think she was still super shy and clingy to the adults, especially if there’s a lot of other kids. But I think she’ll warm up with time. I’ve heard that a firm goodbye is important, like don’t hang around if she’s fussing. And the more practice you can do, the more she’ll adjust. 💛

Are you able to start with half days? Allow her to adjust slowly and then transition to full days?

Yeah I went through this with my 18 month old son, for us it took a couple of months for him to get used to daycare, he only goes 2-3 times a week and daycare told me that it usually takes a couple of months or so for them to get used to it and not cry so much. They were very patient and Kind and now my son loves it and he’s used to it.

And also yes my son was clingy with the adults for a while but that stopped, and if he starts to fuss when we drop him off I instantly leave as fast as I can so I don’t make it worse. Once he sees that I am not there, he stops crying. Like I said it took some months, but that is to be expected.

@Kayla months?! They said a week. It’s so heartbreaking hearing them cry being in a new space with new people.. I just know they are scared cause it’s new to them.

After 2.5 weeks I pulled my daughter out (10 months old when she started). She was getting sick so much on top of just screaming all day and not eating and terrible communication from the daycare.