Nursery drop offs

Someone tell me it gets easier dropping their LO off to nursery. She’s only 1 and it’s settling in week and just so sad 😭

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It gets easier ❤️ took around 5 weeks for my baby girl to stop crying at drop off (she did stop super quick when the gate shut) but now she yells at them when they don't take her inside quick enough!

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It definitely does get easier! It’s the first week, so it’s all new to her. She’ll absolutely thrive in nursery, she’ll make friends and learn so many amazing things. It’s hard at first but honestly things will eventually settle 🙌🏻💗

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We are on day 4 today and its breaking my heart :( i hope it will get easier soon . Wishing same for you xx

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I’m so glad it gets easier - i feel so cruel sending her but we need two income to stay afloat here 😭 I know they end up thriving from looking at my nephews and nieces think just the initial stage is very difficult

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It definitely gets easier and smoother. Doing drop off at nursery now feels like we’ve always done it. In fact this morning I didn’t even get a wave goodbye from my daughter, she just trotted in. It’s like anything it just takes time but if you’ve chosen a good nursery and you feel happy with the set up then just trust your gut. Tears are natural and it’s ok for it to feel scary at first Xxx

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It gets easier. It took a while but after 3 months she doesn’t care at all.
She did settle in a month otherwise, and the crying usually only lasted a few min.
My partner does 95% of nursery runs.
I went to pick her up yesterday and she pushed me out of the way to get to her jacket, heartbroken. I was crouched down for a hug.
My partner gets kisses quite often at pickup, but not me apparently 😢

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Aw yes definitely gets easier. This is week 4, and my son still cries when I drop him off and pick him up (he can see me through the window!) but they say he’s absolutely fine throughout the day with them!
Today however was the first day he didn’t cry when I picked him up!🤞🏼
My daughter was the same then eventually would walk in and not even turn around to say bye😂
Xxx

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