Does it get better?

yellowtulips80

When you drop your LO off at daycare? L screamed her heart out this morning and it makes me feel awful when she does. How do you cope with the mommy guilt?

emowens

Yes, it does...i PROMISE.  And sometimes they revert back too.  Darren went a few months of just giving me a high five and walking right in.  HOwever, these past 2 weeks i've had to pry him off of me and have a teacher hold him while I walk out the door.  Darren's been at daycare since he was 4 months old (he's now 2.5 years old)

Just remember the BIG Smile and greeting you get when you pick her up! 

amanda_holbird@hotmail.com

Yes, it definitely gets better, but as Emily pointed out, they can revert, too.  Both my boys have occasionally (usually on Mondays) and they've been in daycare since they were tiny, but for the most part, I don't have any trouble dropping them off in the mornings.  Just reassure her that you love her and that you'll be back very soon.  I'm sure within just a few minutes of you leaving, she's absolutely fine. 

slwprincess

For us, this phase repeats itself every few months.  For months, he will run in and happily start playing w/ toys without so much as a backwards glance.  Then all of a sudden, he gets clingy again.  Right now we are in a super sticky situation where BOTH kids are going thru separation anxiety.  And it gets worse if they see the other one freaking out.  Since they go to separate daycares right now, this is only an issue at church.  If Sophie sees/hears Gavin crying... she cries and if he sees/hears her cry... OH HOLY CRAP... he will lose it.  I hate that Sophie is crying now b/c I have to go down a couple times a day to nurse her so that means I get to make her cry at least 3 times a day.  Lovely.

LaruC27

It does. When DD was in the 18 month class i couldn't even go in the room.  I told her good bye in the hall and she walked in and I left and closed the door once I waved to the teachers.  Once she moved to the young 2's it was down hill again.  Now in the older 2's I have learned to let her pick out her favorite yogurt at the store and i give her that at the table and tell her bye.  Her friends come sit with her while she eats and they work a puzzle or something until she is done and then they all go play together.  There are rare occasions where she cries when I leave, she usually just wants more kisses before I go then tells my bye.  It does get better I promise! 

Elaine&Matt

I'm just now having issues with this for the first time.  Button has been going to the same daycare since he was 6 weeks old and the same teachers have been there.  All of sudden, in the last week or so, he's gotten very clingy when I go to drop him off.  I know it's probably a phase.  It's just throwing me off because I've haven't had to deal with it before.