My 2 1/2 year old son has been going to the same daycare since he was 11 months old. We now have a 11 week old daughter and his current center doesn't have room for her until January. So we decided to put her at another center down the street. It is really inconvenient dropping 2 kids off at 2 different schools. So we would like to move our son to the new school. I'm worried about his transition since he's been with the same kids for a while now. I know there will be an adjustment period... but is there a way I can ease him over there or should I just drop him off and just start over? Do you think he'll actually "know"? I'm torn on whether or not to move him or not for he just re-adjusted to his new class. Any tips would be great!
Thanks.
What I have found to be true with children is that they will adjust faster and better then thought. Also, be honest with him and prepare him for the move. I would just change instead of going back and forth between two daycares. Good luck!
I would definently put them both in the same daycare - why drive yourself crazy? You are already taking care of 2 little ones! And about the transition, that's something he's going to have to deal with throughout life - he won't be in daycare forever. He'll go maybe to preschool, then kindergarten and so on. At the young age they don't really bond with the other kids too much and make real friends anyway - they do more playing next to each other. I think the change would be best for you mommy!
Are you going to put your daughter there in January? If so, I would go through the inconvenience till then. He will definitely know at 2.5. If you are going to keep her at that center, and he will continue too, then that is different.
if it's only until January, then she moves to his daycare, I'd keep at it. Sure, it sucks wide, but it's only for 2 1/2 months.
oh that sucks...my thoughts would be to just go back and forth for a little while...i read somewhere, maybe on here, that changing daycares before age 3 can cause some adjustment issues/probs. i can semi-relate. my little boy's been at his daycare since 9 weeks and he's almost 2. i consider moving residences, which would cause him to have to change daycares...but b/c i read not to move 'em before that age, i just can't. the same people have been taking care of him from day one, and that's a long time. at our kids ages they know. your little girl doesn't yet though, so she'll be fine when she moves w/her brother in january! :) good luck...good momma for thinking ahead! :)
I would switch to one daycare. You may as well learn now (with two kids) how to make things easier on yourself. Plus you don't know for sure they will have an opening in January. They actually should have been holding a spot for you since your first child is already there. We switched daycares when my son was 3 and my other son was 18 months. To help with tranisition we let him visit the new place 2 times for a couple of hours to get used to the teacher and activities. Good luck!
I have a home day care and I would leave him where he is. Jan is not that far off and be nice for him to not have all the attention on baby. These kids form bonds and my children play well with each other. I see hugs at the end of the day when they go home with each other and they really have a bond. I am also in a situation where I only have one spot, turned down tons for two kid families. New baby of one of the 2 yr olds will probably be enrolling in Nov but in the mean time I am losing money not filling that spot. I keep trying to fill it since they have not put down a deposit for me to hold it open. The 2 yr old can be a pain at times. I think if I fill that spot they then may take the 2 yr old out then all these two families I have turned down will have found someone else. I will then be two short. So good luck but if they will have an opening in Jan I would wait and take it. I had one too many and one quit or the state was going to make me force one out and that was easy as my children all get along also having that many would not be such a panic when one quits. But can not have it, so now on edge with one opening and if one ever quits. Have to keep in state guidelines. But not always a benefit. I did just fine with that many. One I never heard anything from the oldest one. He was a joy. I thought once they turned 5 I could add one and did then found out he had to be in school but school was out and kids were in summer break. Did not matter. So here I am trying to stay afloat and they do not care. I had to raise prices to fill in that one missed child. After one quit I knew in the fall I was losing another one who lived far and enrolling in school. GingerW
There will be an adjustment period, but kids adjust. If it's at all possible see if you can take your son to see the new school and meet the new teachers. Talk to him about how how much fun it will be to make new friends and go to a new school. Sometimes, if you have the time, you can even let your son spend a little bit of time in the classroom before he begins officially attending.
There's no sense in putting them in two different schools, unless in the long run you want them both in your son's current school. If that's the case, then dealing with it until Jan is your best option. But if your looking to make your mornings a little easier, then put them in together and understand that after a week, maybe two, your son will be as happy as he was in his 1st school. Besides, as Lara I. says, he'll have to adjust to Kindergarten at the latest, so life is full of adjustments. He'll do it and be fine.
