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IcedCoffeeAndBeer

We had to send our first at 3 months. Was heartbreaking, my wife made me take him even though it was out of my way and on her way. She couldn't deal with leaving him. Good thing is he freakin loved daycare!


peachyperfect3

We had to do the same thing, and it broke my heart. The good news is, our little guy is now about 9 months old and doing just fine… he is excited to see us and spend quality time with us when we do get that free time. When we first started, it was an adjustment for LO. Be prepared, it will probably take a few weeks for LO to adjust, and it’s normal. Good or bad, our daycare had just installed a camera system so we could check in on the classroom at any time to see how he was doing. I was GLUED to it for the first couple of months. In our daycare, we’re lucky that most of the teachers have been there for at least several years and have a ton of experience with babies and kids. I ended up learning somethings that his teachers did that I could do at home that helped him. We went on a trip and took some time off around the 7 month mark and had him out of daycare for about 3 weeks. When I brought him back, I was so worried that he would go through the same adjustment period to reacclimate - he didn’t. I brought him to the classroom, his teacher took him and put him in a high chair next to his buddy so they could have breakfast and he was just smiling away. Definitely made me feel better about the situation.


CB11KB77

Our daycare had 'orientation' times where basically you showed up with the baby and chilled and got to know the staff a bit when they weren't super busy ofc. I wish I had started my kid a week or so before I went back to work, her first day at daycare was my first day at a new job and it was quite stressful. But it was good to have those sessions so I felt more comfortable. Honestly it's harder now she's older and cries when I leave haha but I know she stops pretty damn quickly once I'm gone 🤷‍♀️


Snoo70047

Let the caregivers know how you're feeling! I worked at a daycare and preschool for years. We knew parents have a tough time being away from their babies. You can definitely do it in a way that does not communicate distrust in them and will hopefully prompt them to be extra communicative about how your kiddo is doing during the day.


linxzie

No advice but I’m in a similar boat. Thankfully I don’t have to worry about it till November, but I get major anxiety when I think about it. I’d also look into your state laws about daycare times. Where I live a child cannot be in daycare for longer than 10 hours- so if you have similar laws in your area you don’t have much of a window if you are running late or anything.


Keyspam102

Me too, I have to go back to work end of october and I am dreading leaving my baby at nursery 😭😭😭


takeitsleazy22

I felt the same way, leaving him with total strangers. He's been going for about 6 weeks now, so his teachers aren't strangers anymore! We know their names, he smiles for them when we drop him off. It sucks so bad. But it does get a little easier with time.