Daycare issue?

mrscrehan

I posted this on the toddler board, but thought I may get more responses here...

I don't know if this is an issue or not, but wanted to get your thoughts and see if anyone else has experienced this.  We started DD in daycare a few weeks ago - she is a year old.  My DH drops her off in the mornings (she goes three consecutive days a week), then I pick her up.  Everytime I've gone, she's been excited to see me and smiles and kicks her legs but yesterday, I went to pick-her up and just peeked into the classroom and saw her walking alongside a table with the teacher nearby and the other (older) children were watching a movie.  When I walked in and called her name, she saw me then started crying - it broke me heart.  The only other time she's started crying when she saw me was when she was left in her crib for a while and she had given up crying (maybe she thought we left her there for good), and when I walked in, she saw me and started crying.

My question to you guys is... has your DC done this on occasion to you, or should I be worried something might be going on at her daycare?  I'm trying to not be too paranoid about this and nothing else about this daycare has made me feel uneasy.

smiles4ya

I'd give it a couple more days.   Why are they watching movies?  That is so weird to me.

mrscrehan

Towards the end of the day, when the kids are getting picked-up, they'll put in a movie like the little mermaid, since all their class schedule stuff is done.  That's the only time the TV is on - I guess it's hard to have a schedule when kids are getting picked-up at different times.

azuremama

My son does that sometimes.  I think it's just his way of showing he missed me.  If nothing seems off otherwise, I wouldn't worry about it.

Pesky

Normal.  DD does that off and on and for no rhyme or reason from what I can tell.  Sometimes she just has bad days and is overwhelmed at the end.  Most of the times she is fine. 

azuremama

Another thing I forgot to mention:  a lot of times kids will act out at home after being away all day because they feel safer at home and can let those emotions out.  I think maybe he cries when he sees me sometimes for that same reason.  It's frustrating being a toddler.

mrscrehan

Thanks for all your input!  I feel much better

AlisaS

My kids "cry" when we pick them up every day. They have a grand time at school and laugh all day. It is just their way of being excited. They do the same thing at night when they get their warm milk!

 

Lotte134

I agree with the others.  Most likely no big deal.  DS sometimes cries when I come to get him even if, before he sees me, he is having a grand time.  As long as everything else seems good I wouldn't worry.