Clingy baby is due to start childminder next week

We've had a nightmare with our girl. She started settling sessions in February and it was going well, then once she started doing full days, she was very unsettled and the childminder was getting very stressed. She's now done a total of 4 full days but today I got called at 10.30am saying she was inconsolable and the childminder has decided she can no longer take her on as she can't meet the needs of the other kids. So I've started back at work today and now have no childcare. Annoyingly though, my daughter has been absolutely fine all day at home, playing independently and no crying at all, she just doesn't seem to do the same for the childminder. My son was always pretty easy when he settled at nursery 🤦🏼‍♀️

It's so hard isn't it, but just take each day as it comes and he might surprise you and really enjoy himself. I think my daughter is just having a rough few weeks with bad separation anxiety and she's teething so bad. Also most childminders are quite used to babies and will have tricks up their sleeve to help. Good luck, I hope it goes well for you and your boy x

Yes. My very very clingy baby started 2 mornings a week last week (to go upto 2 full days beginning of May then onto 3 full days come mid May). My husband drops him off so I think this made the transition better than me dropping off. He's made a friend and is generally happy 90% of the time. The nursery staff are really good which I think has helped it all for him, but also for me xx