Moving DS up at daycare

KOscar

We're due with number two a month from Saturday.  DS will be 21 months in a few days.  Daycare has suggested moving him into the two year old room starting next week.  We're not sure what would be best.  On one hand he's doing really well in his current room and he has some time before he's actually two.  On the other hand we think it may be good to have him go through the transition before our LO gets here so that he's settled into the room by then.  We weren't sure if moving him in a few months, when our new LO is also a few months old, would be more of transition because things are different at home as well.  

CarlyAnderson

I think the best idea is to move him now so that it isn't too much change all at once.

ironmommy

Our daughter began her transition into the 3-5 year old room (it's a Montessori program) the first week in May, and her baby brother arrived on May 11th. It was a lot of big changes all at once -- the toddler room she was in had just 9 kids and the big kid room has 18 -- but she's done really well.

Do they do the transition over a few weeks to get him used to it? I think that helps. If I were you, I'd do the transition now before baby is here. 

Adriamichelle83

We transititioned S into the 2 year room last week, she was 22 months on the 19th, and honestly, it's been great! The structure is better and she really is doing great. I say go for it, keep telling him what a big boy he is. I bet he'll do great!