Junior Starts Nursery

So a few weeks back Mama and Papa decided to put junior into the nursery. As junior is now 13 months old, we feel he is ready for it. At the nursery the childrens age is between 12 months and 2 years. We went there to get an intro, and a plan was made to school junior in.

Mama started with spending 1 hour with him at the nursery, while always staying close to him. Then the next day Mama and Papa took him to the nursery where we left him there for 30 minutes. When we came back, the nurse told us that he had not been to happy by him self.

So the following day, we did another 1hour by himself, and then 2 hours and then 3 hours. A weeks passes by, and he can now be in nursery for 6 hours without any issues.

However a few points are worth mentioning:

• It is easier for Papa to drop him off, then Mama. When Papa drops him off, he just goes slightly sad, but quickly starts playing with the other kids and the toys. When Mama drops him off, he cries a lot before he settles down. I think the attachment with Mama is too strong for him to like being left alone in a “strange” place.
• You’ve probably all heard that kids learn fast. Well be prepared for a boosted learning curve, when they start in the nursery. They learn from the other kids, watching them and imitating them. Two of the things junior learnt very fast were walking and anger.

• Junior could walk, but preferred to crawl. But since the nursery is more built for walking kids (with hard floors and tiles outdoor on the playground) it meant that the nurse had to be extra careful with our son. However within 3 days, he stopped crawling and started to walk, just by watching the other kids.
• However the joy was quickly suppressed when Mama and Papa found out that junior has also learned how to get angry. If we don’t give him what he wants, or stop him from doing something, he’ll walk away from us, or turn his face away. If he gets really pissed off, he’ll start throwing things and screaming. So I guess, we should put an extra effort into removing the newly learnt bad habits.

More to come soon on nursery experiences…