My DD is due to start nursery around the time of her 2nd birthday, having had no previous childcare. It is a nursery with a long waiting list and took us ages to get her in but I walked past today and was v. depressed to look in. There were two assistants (if that's the right word) to about 12 kids and the key workers looked so bored and listless. They weren't full of energy and fun like the people who run the paid-for activities I take DD to. The kids looked ok, some were playing and shouting, but others looked like lost souls killing time before mum/dad came.
This mirrors what I've seen in other nurseries -- the key workers looking quite downbeat and a little disengaged, as if it's not their dream job (and it probably isbn't - the pay's probably rubbish!)
I had a really keen pang of would my DD be sad, and if not sad then just a bit listless, wasting her precious young years.
Has anyone else found this? Do you have any tips for me? We've already changed nursery plans twice as the others seemed like this as well, so I'm not sure it's a case of that these are bad nurseries, but rather I wanted to know if all nursery is a bit so-so compared to the fun had at home.
I guess I'm weighing up whether to juggle work with carrying on looking after her myself.
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rosepetalsoup · 30/07/2014 12:43
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