Nursery: 1 day a week - difficult to settle in?

[amydown]

Hi all,

We currently do a nanny-share for 4 days a week and our 2-year old could start at Gumboots potentially just for Fridays. I have heard that nurseries normally recommend at least 2 days a week as 1 day a week makes it difficult for children to settle in at that age.

Does anyone have any experience (both positive and negative) you could share?

Many thanks in advance

Amy

[sunbob]

Hello Amy. Our daughter changed from 2.5 days per week down to one due to me losing my job when she was 2 plus 3 months. For the first couple of months she would often be upset and clingy whilst there, but when she got a bit more grown up at 2.5 she 'decided' that she wasn't going to cry at nursery any more and she has been confident and happy there ever since.

[mummynegin]

My son (2.5) only goes to nursery one day a week and really loves it. He's been going to the same nursery since he was 6 months though and he went 3 days a week until he was about 21 months old. Obviously as he was already used to the nursery when he went down to one day a week, that has helped. I can imagine it will be a lot harder for a child who's new to nursery to settle.

[amydown]

Hmmm... Thank you for the replies and the PMs. I think we will re-assess the situation and maybe wait until he can go to nursery for 2-3 days a week further down the line.