My little boy has just started nursery 2 days per week and he screams from the minute I pull up into the car park. The staff have to peel him off me it breaks my heart. His Nan collects him and says he is still in bits when she arrives
He’s now become this way when leaving me now even with grandparents which he’s never done. Anyone else going through such severe separation anxiety I don’t know
What to do…. I want him to be having fun and around other children 😞
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I'm sorry you're both suffering :( it's so hard to see them upset.
What do the staff say he's like after you've left? A lot of kids are awful up to the moment their parent leaves, then feel a lot better with distraction after. My boy has cried almost every time I've dropped him off for almost 18 months! But is happy as Larry 30 seconds after 🙄
I'd ask the nursery whether they're able to support him with a key worker he really likes/can attach to, lots and lots of cuddles especially when he first arrives. Does he have a lovey/favourite toy he can bring with him? Could you get him stories about going to nursery to help explain?

I think it might be an age thing, my daughter has been at nursery since she was 1 & never cried once until the last few weeks following the summer break, now she’s the same she’s in bits when I leave her but fine when we collect her. She’s also hard to put down at night as says she wants to sleep with me too.