DS is 18 months and has been going to nursery since September. He settled in reasonably well and according to his key worker he is usually happy (exceptions being when he is feeling ill).
When dropped off (it's usually my husband or sister in law dropping him off) he cries in a heart-wrenching way, but according to his key worker he stops almost as soon as they leave.
DH dropped him off this morning and stayed for about an hour and noticed that DS was very subdued. Very kind of turned into himself and quiet, not his usual outgoing babbly self. So DH asked the key worker whether this was normal and she said that yes, that's the way DS always behaves at nursery.
Now DH thinks these are things to worry about (the fact that DS still cries at dropoff after 2 months and is not his usual personality while at nursery). I am personally not too worried. I understand if DS doesn't love nursery as much as having 1on1 mummy/daddy/S-I-L attention, and the feeling of 'being left' at dropoff is obviously not pleasant for him, but I don't really feel the above signals as if anything is particularly wrong.
What do you think?
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DS cries when dropped off at nursery & is subdued
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rrreow · 23/11/2012 15:23
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