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Originally posted by yertle
Drop off time can be traumatic, because there's more crying and carrying on; mid morning or mid afternoon, you are likely to see more of the fun stuff they actually do all day.
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Drop off used to be traumatic with the crying and the 'pweeze stay'. Day care lady (the nice one) said it was an act and that Native Son was fine and playful as soon as I left. Having had the experience of bad daycare lady being friendly to me and mean to my kid I wanted to check this out.
One day I did the usual drop off routine and went out the door. Walked to my car, counted to 50, went back and peaked in the window. Native Son already had a toy out of the bin and was happily playing.
Viet-babe may have a longer transition time since she's been home with you v. Native Son started day care pretty young. But, even very young children can be quite the actors when it earns parental attention and cuddles.
One thing I did that was helpful was to have a specific good-bye hug and phrase at drop off. This was just for daycare. We'd go in, take off coat etc., and do whatever needed doing. But, when I started the good-bye hug he knew that even if he cried and carried on it was not going to earn additional cuddles. I think this helped lessen the days that we had the traumatic drop-off mentioned above.
