Nursery settling

Sounds like our little one today. Hope tomorrow is better for both of us! X

I work in a nursery and I promise you they do settle, some take a while and some settle really quickly! Keep going at it, I know it’s hard but she will settle and then she will be running in! If they are anything like our setting they are so loved throughout the day, cuddles, singing to them, trying all their favourite stuff! We carry them around half the time if they need it, they get really cared for! It’s just because she doesn’t want to leave you but maybe take a picture in of you and her and it might help her to have it with her all day, something that smells of you! Any comforter that will help but if not it will take time xxx

I’m so glad I was able to make you feel better, honestly she will be so loved and cared for there! What I usually say to the parents for their sessions is stay for the whole time the first one and then for the second pop in with him for 10 minutes to help him settle in and go off to play and then when you can don’t make a big deal of it and just leave and see how he gets on! He may not do really well or he may surprise you and absolutely love it! A lot of the time the second one is the one where they settle because they have done it once but please don’t feel like it’s never going to work if he is upset because the more time they spend there the more they will get used to it! Yes a book will be good as they can sit down and read it with him and see if that settles him! If not a picture is always really helpful. We have a board in our room with memories of all the babies and their parents on and a wall full of framed family pictures that they are allowed to take off and carry around x

Was meant to say “he” at the start x

My little boy took 2 weeks to settle. He cried at every drop off, it was hard going but now he absolutely loves it and gets excited

Thank you just coming on to reread before bed 😆. I’ll take some bits in tomorrow. It’s nice to hear about others who have gone through the process and that 2 weeks makes a big difference. I’m worried about the gap when she only has two days but I think if I wasn’t worrying about this I’d be worrying about something else!

After 5 days of screaming through each settle, today she has done the whole day and two naps. And I have seen photo evidence that she isn’t screaming 🤩