Is there anybody who's toddler doesn't go to Nursery?

I sent my daughter age 2 to preschool. She started school preverbal but wanted her in the system for help and support.

How do you know if they r ready ? Mine is quite advanced in his language, but very attached to me still doesn't really play on his own 😕. I dread to think when he start pre school . I want to send him for social skills, but I worry in case he can't get his point across or cries for me and im not there

My little boy just started in September when he was 3. We would have had to pay for him if he had started before. Now we get 15 free hours a week for him to go.

We aren't doing nursery at all

My son started nursery at 3, I was apprehensive as we are awaiting an autism diagnosis and he is non verbal. However just this term alone he has thrived like I never would have believed. I am so happy I sent him to nursery now.

my daughter is 2 and i haven't sent her to nursery.. the reason why is because i want to raise her myself it's a very impressionable age right now and i dont want her learning things she shouldnt from other people. i bring her to play groups everyday instead like that she still gets interactions from other kids wihout someone else actually taking care of her

Mines about to be 3 and has never attended. I’m at home also so don’t see the point. We attend groups so he gets a social element of playing with other children his age.

My son started going after he turned 1 and he's now almost 3. Never regretted it as I for sure know I never could've offered him everything the nursery did and does to thrive.

My little one started in sept and he’s just turned 3 this week. He settled in amazingly which we were surprised about as he’s only ever been with me or his dad and occasionally my mum for the day and he’s always been pretty attached to me. We really explained it all to him about how he would play with his new friends then we’d be back to pick him up and he’s never been upset to go to nursery and looks forward to it! He does 3 days (school hours)

I would send them at 3 to pre school otherwise sending them to school is going to be a massive adjustment and will probably be much harder than sending them to preschool.

My girl has been going since she was about 13 months old started at a childminders then nursery/preschool. This was due to work and even when I haven’t been working she has stil gone to preschool. I think it’s good preparation for school 🙂

I don't plan on sending her until school age nursery (3yrs) unless I am concerned about development then we will look earlier as they are best positioned to help.

We go to plenty of groups, have friends of similar ages (me and baby) and go out daily, so I don't feel she misses out on the social aspect of nursery.

Im not a SAHM i returned to work when my son was 1. But I still didn't put him into nursery until after his 3rd birthday. I just felt like he was too little 😂but I'm so glad I put him in when I did. He goes to a school nursery does monday-friday 9-3 and He absolutely loves school. Comes home everyday telling us about his friends and what he's done and I can already see such an improvement in his language and skills too.

My little boy has been since 10 months due to me going back to work and having no other childcare, he’s now 2 and he goes 3 days a week and absolutely loves it, he is really independent and social and his language development and skills in general has been amazing since starting nursery. He does cooking, Spanish lessons, forest school and just loads of other xtra curricular activities too x

How do those of you who don't send your little ones to Nursery deal with people who say you should and how good it is for them . I just dont feel like it untill he is 3 but feel a sort of pressure if that makes sense its each to their own in my opinion you have to do what works for you and your family but some people just don't accept and say he will be behind when he starts at 3 in nursry .

I get this from my husband’s granny. I simply tell her it’s my choice and my son is meeting all milestones along with other children his age so there is no need to be concerned about it. She still asks me every time I see her if he attends yet 🤣 but I know my son isn’t missing out on anything and having more time with us as parents if you can have that as an option isn’t replaceable in my opinion x

There are studies that show that the best thing for a child is to be in care of family up until 3. You could look some up and familiarise with those to answer your relatives.

My daughter started nursery just after 1 as I went back to work. She has absolutely thrived and I love being at work (3 days a week). If money wasn’t a factor I would have loved to have longer off work with her.