child going to child care

kaa

hi

my daughter is nearly 15months and is starting at a childminder tomorrow for the first time. it is only a half to begin with. i know it is good for her so can socialise with other children her age and all that.

i am not nervous she is going but what i am nervous about is that it is her first time and that she will cry and moan the whole time she is there.

so i am wondering has anyone put a child in care this late and how did they act when you did????

thanks

silja

I can't help but I'll be following this thread closely- our twins (almost 13 months) will be going to a daycare two mornings a week (Tue and Thur 8am-2pm) from next week, so they can socialise with other kids and so I have some time to myself and do things without them underfoot. Mine are going to a church based daycare with currently two other kids in the infant class of 10 and 12 months (maximum of 6 in the class), so it is slightly different than your child who I assume is going to a private childminder in her own home? But it will still be interesting to compare experiences.

Has your child been babysat, and have you visited the child minder? The twins have been babysat by relatives a few times, even overnight a couple of times, and had no trouble with that. We also visited the daycare twice, and the twins could play for half an hour with the other kids and were picked up by the two carers and fed a snack, so they could get used to the environment a bit and knew that we would come back for them.

kaa

no she has not seen her yet or anything. ya it is a private house. and the woman minds kids around my daughters age. she is starting at 8 and finishing at 12.30 and then hopefully she will stay longer. but we went to see another place i left her in the room and she was grand but that was only like for 15mins.

well its only family that babysit her really and notover night at all. before we go out one of us would have to put her to bed. but the only person she goes for quietly is my mother for some reason. i kind of blame myself for her being like that because i didn't put her in a childminder sooner.

sure your kids will be grand because they have each other but it would be interesting to compare stories alright.

Mr Bloat

Both of mine started in childcare when they were about a year old but I don't think 15 months is late at all. My wife works in childcare and they get kids starting even later than that.
To be brutally honest with you, she will probably cry at the start but once you are gone, the childminder should have loads of ways of relaxing her, if she is any good. My youngest still howls occasionally when I drop him off but the childcare staff distract him quickly and he has usually stopped by the time I reach the front door.
As you said, the social interaction they get is great and it's great for them to come to the realisation themselves that they can do some stuff without Mum and Dad being around.

kaa

Mr Bloat wrote: »

Both of mine started in childcare when they were about a year old but I don't think 15 months is late at all. My wife works in childcare and they get kids starting even later than that.
To be brutally honest with you, she will probably cry at the start but once you are gone, the childminder should have loads of ways of relaxing her, if she is any good. My youngest still howls occasionally when I drop him off but the childcare staff distract him quickly and he has usually stopped by the time I reach the front door.
As you said, the social interaction they get is great and it's great for them to come to the realisation themselves that they can do some stuff without Mum and Dad being around.

ya she was crying alright when we were leaving and the minder gave her the rest of her breakfast. i just gave her a quick call to tell the minder about her bottle and she said she was fine and is playing away with the kids.

i think the hardest bit is walking away when they are crying and there is nothing you can do. but i feel way better knowing that she has calmed down.

thanks anyway.