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hi mummas!
my baby is 3 months old, i go back to work in may 2027 so she will be 11 months old. what age did you guys put your babies in nursery? how did your little ones cope with it?

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Following- my baby will start nursery when he’s 11 months so would love to know! X

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Following - my little boy is 4 months 1st October looking at starting nursery when he’s roughly 9-10 months old x

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I put mine in at the same age and so did most of my friends - mine struggled but mainly because shes such a home bird but my friend's kid at the same nursery flourished but hes there 5 days and mine is 3 so that can also make a difference. But mine just wants to be home and actually I wish I had known forest nurseries was a thing as she is an outdoorsy gal (shes 2 now) x

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11 months too, for three days a week, took a few extra settling in days but she loves it now x

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In may and she was born july so 10 months as my mat leave was over and i started a new job she was completley fine she went 2 days then 2 and a half and shes picking up extra day in november now shes 2 and a half

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My boy also.. he 2 years old. Or say 2 and half lol. He been going 2 days for settling in but today he sick he not going

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My youngest was six months old when he started and loved it the nursery was lovely he went there till he was five

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Mines starting settling in sessions today, he’s 8 months old. I dropped him off and he crawled off to play straight away! However I cried in the car for an hour 🤦‍♀️😂x

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I put my first at 18 months and put my second at 12 months. My first was a bit clingy so he wasn’t happy the first week of settles but in his second week he had completely got used to it and now he’s 2 and love nursery.

My second starts his full day literally today so excited but nervous for him😭

At first she might be shy but after while she will settle right in x

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hi mummas!
my baby is 3 months old, i go back to work in may 2027 so she will be 11 months old. what age did you guys put your babies in nursery? how did your little ones cope with it?

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Hi girls,

I have 3 year old son and 10 months old daughter. Since I have my daughter something has changed in me. I’m always arguing with my partner, always angry and overstimulated. He works 8h a day 5 days a week, he comes home need to rest etc. I take care of both kids most of the time, I wake up at night when my daughter wakes up, I cook , clean and I do literally everything. Don’t get me wrong I’m stay at home mom so this is part of the things I need to do and I’m not moaning about this, but there’s something that just makes me sooo angry and overstimulated. He can rest whenever he wants cause I will always take the kids, when he was ill he could spend the day in bed but when I got ill I still have to run 24/7 and do everything, I can’t go to the shop alone always have to take one kid with me I don’t remember when I had at least few hours off my duty and I feel like even when my partner is working he should help me more at home at least by supporting me mentally. I’ve been really angry and always snapping at him, yesterday he came back home and we were arguing and today same. He said he’s got enough that all I do is shouting and moaning. I feel like he doesn’t understand me anymore and we’re just two different people in parenthood. I really don’t know what to do. He always just says he’s doing everything for our family (we moved to my country and he’s always calling it a sacrifice from his side). I’m just so tired from all of it. On his days off his never up to do anything with me and kids such as going out for a walk etc. it makes me so tired cause I want to give my kids memories and not just sit at home with us all the time but to actually do some fun things and I feel like it’s always me pushing for it. I really feel like not myself lately, my body changed, I don’t want intimacy with my partner cause I’m just sooo tired and he doesn’t understand it. But I think my tiredness is more like mental tiredness instead of physical. Am I being stupid? Sometimes I really dont want to argue but I’m so annoyed that I start arguing🤷‍♀️I don’t know how to get myself back to be normal. I love my life with kids and I feel super good to be a mom but it’s just the thing with my partner that makes me tired.

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