in November 2023 Babies 🇬🇧

Nursery heartbreak

I 100% knew it was going to be hard going back to work and settling into nursery but my toddler has just finished his 3rd settle session (Tuesday night was his first night away from us, he stayed with his grandma because I had a shift at 5am) and literally had a breakdown, a fit almost, his body was tensed up and completely consumed by his hurt, heartbreak or whatever trauma he’s feeling 💔 What on earth do I do? How do I prevent this from happening or give him reassurance? It’s still near impossible to communicate. I feel like a failure

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It gets better. It’s tough for them being away from us we really struggled when I went back to work with nights LO wouldn’t sleep for his dad at all but with time it became the new normal for everyone. Give yourselves grace it’s a huge adjustment for you all x

Hi Yasmin, I appreciate your message so much. I can’t believe that he can get to that level of despair and cry in that way! 😮‍💨😮‍💨🥺 For the rest of the day I’ve been trying to fix it and give as many cuddles as possible. I don’t know how that trauma will leave his body

My son used to scream and cry for hours for me no matter what dad did to console him the only thing that helped was being reunited with me when I got home from work. With time he learnt I would always come back for him and I guess relaxed. Him & dad found their own routines and now he waves me out of the door and blows kisses. We always get told from nursery/ people out and about how happy a little boy he is so it hasn’t affected him long term and our bond is stronger than ever. I promise he’ll be fine with some time ❤️

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