Nursery Fear!!

I'm sahm so can't really help you there. But on instagram you can press the three dots on the right top corner of a post and click that you're not interested in seeing similar posts! I'd 100% start doing that because it's not goo for anyone to be exposed to that sort of content constantly

Nursery opens up so many new experiences to your child. Three days a week of being around other children, playing and singing, reading stories and eating snack together. Itll be great for him

Hi there! I'm a sahm right now, but my kids both went to daycare for a time and I worked at one for a few years! There are definitely bad ones at there, but there are good ones too! ❤️ Try touring a few different ones. Look for centers with cameras in the classrooms, it's huge for peace of mind. Look for classrooms that run relatively smoothly, with happy teachers and happy kids. The center I went to most recently was lovely, I had a great relationship with the teachers and my kids loved it there!

I felt the same way when I went back. I went back in Feb 4 days a week (husband and I both work 4 days so son is in nursery 3 days a week).
It will be hard for you to believe now as it was for me, but it will be OK.
My son settled really well there and enjoys going in, I have also found going back can sometimes be a relief from constant housework and parenting (I love my son more than anything, so don't want that to come across harsh).
I miss him every day I'm at work, but just make sure I make up for it in the evenings/my days off.

I have this exact fear and my daughter is only 3.5 months old. I’m particularly terrified of the thought of knowing she’ll be far too young to be able to tell me if anything bad is happening to her. It genuinely consumes me though so I totally relate. I don’t think there’s anything anyone can say that will make you feel better about this, I’m sorry. This society is so rubbish the fact we have to work to afford to pay someone else to raise our children while we’re at work to pay the bills 😭 make it make sense!!!! What an awful place we live in where we have to even worry about such things

Also - ask about turnover! There's always going to be some, but centers that can keep their teachers around for at least a couple years are more likely to be well-run. Happy and supported teachers make much better caretakers!

The 2 months before I went back to work, there were tears quite often, as I felt so guilty that I'd soon be taking him and having to leave him. So I think, as much as people will try to reassure you, it will take going back to work to make you feel better about things.