Starting nursery
6 articles
Separation Anxiety at Nursery Drop-Off: What It Is and How to Help
The weeping face at the nursery gate is one of the most emotionally difficult experiences of early parenthood. The parent walks away to the sound of t...
How to Reduce Your Child's Anxiety Before Starting Daycare
Some children walk into a new daycare like they own the place. Others spend the week before in tears at the mention of it. If your child is in the sec...
How to Introduce the Idea of Daycare to a Young Child
At some point before a child starts daycare, parents face the question of how to talk about it. Do you mention it weeks in advance, or just days befor...
Settling Into Childcare: Strategies for a Smoother Transition
Starting nursery is one of the bigger emotional transitions of the first three years. The settling process — the period where a child goes from clingi...
Starting Nursery: How to Help Your Baby or Toddler Settle In
Starting nursery is one of those transitions where the way you start it really does shape how the whole thing goes. A rushed first week is much harder...
Choosing Childcare: Types, What to Look For, and How to Decide
Choosing childcare is rarely a clean optimisation problem. You are juggling cost, hours, location, your child's age, your child's temperament, and the...