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Starting Daycare

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Any advice? 

After 18 months at home w either my mom or a nanny, yesterday was R & R's first day at daycare.

I am having a tough time and so is my baby boy. Baby girl is a Diva and such a social butterfly, I'm sure she'll be fine after this first week. DH drops them off so I don't have to deal w that but they were both having an emotional meltdown when I picked them up. It took everything in me not to cry too.

Please share some of your experiences transitioning to daycare...

When did you start?

How was the transition? How long did it take for them to get used to it?

Do you think it was a good decision? Positive changes in LO?

This is so hard! 

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  • dor79dor79

    we started daycare when DS was 15 months.  He goes to an at home daycare.  We were transitioning during our the worst of our seperation anxiety. 

    Like you, my husband drops him off.  My son would literally start screaming as soon as they turned on her street.  When he saw the house he'd freak...  During hand-off my son would still cry but as soon as the door closed he stopped crying.  When I would pick him up he would be overwhelmed with happiness he'd burst into tears.

    I think it took over a month for us to get into the routine, now he rings the doorbell at drop off and waves buh-bye and when I pick him up he kisses the provider. 

    Having our child in daycare has been really positive, he gets to play with a few kids around his age daily

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    DS has been in daycare since he was 10 weeks old, but it was the absolute best decision for us. It took him a few weeks to adjust, and it messed up his naps and milk intake during that time. He was so young that I can't imagine it would be the same for your LO. DS loves daycare. He loves his teachers, the other babies, and he is learning so much there that I could never teach him at home. He is thriving there.
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  • jmw222jmw222 member

    We started DD in daycare at 13 months.  Before that she was home with me, my DH's aunt or my DH (during the summer).  We have rough days every now and again, but she loves it.  It takes a while to get in a routine, especially at their age.  Give it time. 

    Her naps are still not the greatest, but her language and social skills have improved significantly.  She loves her teachers and loves the other kids, babies and big kids. 

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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member

    We started daycare when he was 5 months old.  He did fine at drop off and pick ups, because I did fine at drop offs and pick ups - but he was a little fussy for about the first month.  During that time he was only going 3 days a week.  When we moved to full time, he started doing a lot better and LOVED it.

    Of course, around mid-October separation anxiety set in hard core, and now everytime I drop him off he's hysterical and upset.  He's fine about 2 minutes after I leave and has a great day until the mommies start coming for pickup.  That makes him pretty upset too until I get there.  But I know this is just a phase that will pass.

     

    Overall, I think daycare is fabulous for him.  It gives him so many opportunities I just don't at home.  He gets outside playtime every day - climbing, sliding, ride-on toys and push toys we don't have at home.  He actually gets a lot of toys and books we don't have at home, so that's fun for him too.  They do art every day, which I wouldn't be able to do at home, and he gets to interact with his friends.  This morning when I dropped him off his friend G came running up and they held hands.  Then he played row-row your boat with me and his friend A (and eventually G, when G came to join us).

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  • amina7884amina7884

    Thank you all for the replies! I know this will just take time. I just called to check in (they said calling is fine) and they were both napping... Maybe there's hope!

     

    :) 

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  • tessajdtessajd member

    I posted about this last month and the bumpies helped get me through!  

    https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/70134932.aspx

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