Have your back up plan for when they are sick.. because even the not sickly kids will get sick.
And it's always last minute. Croup, hand foot mouth, gastro, chicken pox (if not vaccined) and then all the other 50 million virus they pass around!
Tears some days, run in others..
There is. It's around years but you have to pay for it. My youngest got it and I'd say it was €80 x 2 from memory. The only 2 kids in my daughters ecce class who didn't get chicken pox last year were the 2 who had the vaccine.
Wow thanks so much I never knew that! Child just turned four, has never had it and I know it gets worse with age so one less thing to go through for her (and me) would be great! Going to look into it, thank you again
I can't remember the seasons but I think it's march/April and then again sep/Oct are when it tends to do the rounds so if you're considering it best to do it now before the next round hits. It can ne so nasty and is at least a week if not more out of school
This! This is why it's important to consider it!
You're more likely to get shingles if you've had chicken pox because chicken pox stays dormant in your system.
My mum has shingles twice and was lucky it didn't cause nerve damage or other complications.
Bad news, crèche are germ warfare factories.
So I hope one of yous works at home coz kids get sick the whole time and you'll have to be home with them.
Good news, by the time they get to proper school they're hardy and don't get as sick as often.
The non-creche kids however, do.
Also, if there's a WhatsApp/FB group for parents, don't join it.
Always end up just being magnets for drama-loving morons.
Tell the management to send you all announcements via email.
And then the isolation period afterwards before they're let back in! 24hr after a temperature, 48hr after D&V, next thing you know it's Friday tomorrow and you're wondering if it's worth sending them in for the potential to relapse or catch something else for the weekend....
On this cycle right now!
every one has covered the sick thing, but that isn't the end of the world. Kids are helpless anyways, they're the same when sick you do everything for them anyways!!
Here's some good things to prepare yourself for:
the way little one will light up when they come running out at collection time and they first see you
crafts they made in their school bags, cards for special occasions just for you
lieing in their bed at night as they sing nursery rhymes that they have learned at crèche to you, and singing along with them
receiving photos in whatsapp from the crèche every few weeks and seeing your little one with other kids actually having fun
knowing your kid is in a happy fun safe place. What a feeling. Being able to go for a coffee/lunch/shit without their presence.
>crafts they made in their school bags, cards for special occasions just for you
The teacher spent the night making 15 of them and got your kid up stamp her hand on it
Totally agree with everything else you said though.
Random bumps and bruises appearing on your kid. My 4 year old is a hurricane and when we ask her where she got the latest scratch/bruise, the response is either "I fell" or "I don't know!"
Save a lot of your annual leave to take as days for WHEN they're sick and can't go in and need to be 48hrs free from said sickness before returning. At first they're going to be sick fairly frequently..
Every virus going they will get and in turn you will get.
There will be no allowances made for a sick child.
You will get a phone call if they have any slight temperature or grizzle .
Be sure and have a reserve babysitter lined up.
Some days they won’t have their own dummy home with them 🫣
Plus points
They will try a wide variety of foods.
They will learn to be confident happy outgoing little beings.
They will pick up all sorts of skills .
They will love the company of their peers.
They will be better prepared for transition to pre school, nursery and primary school.
How is she with staying with other people? As in have you left her with friends/family for a few hours at a time? If you haven't, you have time to start, it's important that she learns that when you leave her with someone you trust, you will always come back. Even though it'll be extremely hard to leave her try not to let it show. Good luck!
The bad
1. Sickness
2. The tears when you leave them in the morning and when you pick them up in the evening (prob lasts a week or two until they get used to the routine)
3. The cost
4. The bad habits they pick up from other kids
The good
1. The joy you get when you pick them up having not seen them all day
2. Their new ability to socialise and make friends
3. The lovely drawings and art work they make
4. The free time you have when they are not there to clean, relax, prepare dinner, go for a walk/run
Creche is tiring for them as well depending on how they are in for. If they are in 9-5, when they get home in the evening they will want food straight away and be ready for bed within a couple of hours
As people have said, be ready to be sick because my god they get sick and bring everything home all the time
Iv had coronaswinefluebola basically since he went in
I knew it but still did not understand how often kid will get sick. And be cause my immune system after having LO was crap, I was sick all the time too. Preparation wise, stock on Calpol for LO, and Lemsip for yourself. Get vitamins if you are not taking any.
Another thing was how dirty kids got in creches. Their clothes get ruined. At some point, I actually started darning. Otherwise, I would go broke on leggings alone.
There will always be one kid who will be biting other kids.
My LO had terrible separation anxiety, childminder from 10 months, crèche from 2 right up to midway through 1st term at primary school. Every day, screaming his lungs out when I left. Absolutely heartbreaking, although I knew (from phone calls etc) that once I’d gone out of sight he was fine and had a great time each day. The excitement when I picked him up was amazing, and I still have pictures and bits he made me up around the house (he’s nearly 20 now!).
Also random injuries (bruises, scrapes etc) that he couldn’t remember getting and little crushes on his classmates. He learned to ride a bike while at crèche and how to initiate new games and direct classmates to do what he wanted.
New phrases and words picked up from others, a bit of an attitude at times.
It’s honestly a great time for them, expanding their universe. Enjoy!!!
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The sheer number of illnesses they will bring home. It was staggering.
Also the fact that pretty much all the 'crafts' they make as presents for you are done by the staff
Obviously everyone mentioning how often they’ll be sick. Aside from that, there’ll be days they flat out won’t want to go in, and you have to do the dance at the door of hugs cries, promises to get them to go in. Never be in a rush and assume your drop off will take 1min, it might be 1min one day 15mins the next.
>What took you by surprise when your kid started creche?
How easily and quickly she adapted to it.
>What hit you like a ton of bricks?
Her and us being sick with every toddler bug imaginable all the bloody time October to April and still having to pay the creche fee.
>How did you prepare yourselves and your kids in the weeks leading up to it?
You can't really prepare yourself. Best thing to do was ask if the creche have a settling in week. Our LO went in half days for 4 days in the first 2 weeks. It was good for us and for her. But the first few days are rough on parents.
Preparing kiddos? It depends we showed her the building, walked by for a few days (our creche is nearby) and talked to her about it. But I really don't think it had any impact whatsoever
We also got very lucky and our first is going to crèche in a few months, he’ll be turning 1 at the time. Absolutely petrified about leaving him somewhere for a full day and not know what’s going on. Thanks for posting this, a trip to boots and a label maker are on the list for me!
People are giving you fairly general advice so hopefully this will help.
1) Children at that age get over illnesses MUCH faster than adults. For the first few months of creche, your child is going to be sick a lot( depending on a lot of different factors of course, like exposure levels, immune levels, diet, breatfeeding etc). However you'll also get sick too, but you or your SO will get the illness about the time your child is over the worst of it. This means that you'll be at your worst when your kid has fully bounced back. You and your SO need to working as a team here to make sure house stuff happens and you are covering each other, otherwise it will build tension in the home. Make sure yourself and your SO are working on improving your fitness and health. oh and start chugging multi vitamins.
2) Don't hang around and wave and cry when dropping your child off at creche. Drop them off, give them a hug and hand them over to the staff. It's normally wayyyyyy harder on us then the child as staff will be there to distract your child going in and they forget about the drop off in a few mins. We however get to sit in the car afterwards and think about our little babies in creche all by themselves, but in reality they are having the craic, new toys, new friends, crafts, games, multiple snacks during the day. If you are unsure about this speak to your creche about the best way to introduce your child and their suggested approach to drop off.
3) Routine is KEY. Your child is going to be experiencing totally different things, people, foods etc. They are going to be wrecked and making sure you stick to your current routine will help the transition and also help them relax after creche. Don't change your routine drastically in the first two weeks, they will need the comfort of home.
4) Your child is going to rocket forward in both physical form and mental form as they learn new things all the time, far faster than what they have already learned. This is probably going to be the first parenting test, as they will start acting out the things they experience in creche. There will probably be somethings they pick up that you don't like. Your daughter will be 2 so you can't rationally explain why you don't like something they are doing. Don't give out to them at this point if they do something wrong, again they are copying what they see other kids doing and you need to be there to guide them.
5) Making friends with other parents at creche can be hard. A lot of the time people are just chucking their kids into creche and racing off to work, with no time for chat with other parents. Once your daughter makes friends, you can also ask them to pass your contact details onto the parents of the other children.
6) Start reading to your daughter. Don't let her watch cocomelon.
7) Don't get attached to coats and jumpers. Of course label everything but, she is going to come home from creche with missing coats etc.
There are probably way more, but I hope the above helps.
Birthday parties start at around 2 for the parents who can afford that kind of thing. Vast majority of kids won't do that so don't feel under pressure. Get the NCS discount sorted ASAP and make a note of when you'll need to renew it.
The guilt the first few drop offs when that bottom lip starts trembling. Give a big hug and assure them that you love them and will be back to pick them up later, but don't overextend the goodbye, it just makes it harder on you all
Do a gradual first week if you can. A couple of hours on day one and increase until the end of the week.
We made the mistake once of mentioning playschool one night before bed, it was her worst night sleep in a while (that was halfway through week one).
Tantrums / testing boundaries the first couple of weeks at home. They are just testing you to make sure you still love and care about them (it will pass!)
Everyone else has covered this, but CONSTANT runny nose when she was never sick before!
Pack some things for the school to keep so you don't need to bring them to and from every day:
Rain coat
Rain suit
Wellies
Sun cream
Sunhat
*Labels labels labels*
Ask the creche what she got up to that day, because you won't get it out of her. My daughter says she did nothing, every day! But she has drawings in her bag, she sings songs I never heard her sing before, she has new routines like putting her toys to bed etc. Also handy to know if she napped or ate her lunch.
If you have some time before they start, read some books on going to playschool so their first few days aren't scary.
My daughter is 2.5. only started playschool recently and it took a couple of weeks but she goes in (most days) without a bother now, the teacher says she is doing great every day.
Prepare to be sick. Very regularly, repeatedly, tediously congested, coughing, eyes streaming, and loose bowel movements. Your child will become a petri dish that walks every pathogen in nature to your front door
Eventually, things will ease off, but the illnesses will never truly go away
Also, never engage with the seemingly friendly question each morning from their room minder. "How is he/she?" they'll ask you with a smile.
Always answer with "GREAT! AMAZING EVEN" with a manic smile
They're not asking because they care (although they do), they're trying to trap you
Never deviate from "GREAT!". Never innocently reply "a bit cranky but we're all tired" or "was awake a few times, but happy now".
If you do, the moment your back is turned, they'll have a thermometer in your child's ear, a slightly elevated temperature will be discovered and, before you know it, you'll be on the way back to collect them, while on the phone to your boss apologising for being unable to give that presentation
She’ll probably be great the first day because you’ll likely stay with her for the period you’re there. She’ll probably do a bit longer the next day without you and may struggle so you might have tears for a few days after you initially leave her the first time. Reassure her that you’ll be back, if she has a special blanket/teddy let her take it with her.
If she still naps then she might struggle with that initially too, depending on their set up it might be a bit noisier than she’s used too. She also may find the noise levels a bit overwhelming at the start too if she’s used to a quiet environment but she’ll adjust.
She’ll make lots of little friends and she’ll get to engage in lots of educational play, she’ll make so much progress and she’ll be absolutely fine, you however may find it harder than her but she will be ok.
Good luck LO, you’re going to do great!
Be prepared to say goodbye to your baby, a little kids taking over. The baby days are gone until they get sick & you secretly love being their only person for a day or two.
The kid may get bitten. Don't take it personal, stuff like that happens. Heck, your kid may bite another kid at some point, and you would never know, most creches don't disclose the identity of the biters.
There is never enough Calpol & Nurofen in your house.
Agreed, always have a spare bottle in a cabinet. Kids pick up everything for the first few weeks and there is always some cold or bug going around.
Have your back up plan for when they are sick.. because even the not sickly kids will get sick. And it's always last minute. Croup, hand foot mouth, gastro, chicken pox (if not vaccined) and then all the other 50 million virus they pass around! Tears some days, run in others..
Is there a vaccine for chicken pox now?
There is. It's around years but you have to pay for it. My youngest got it and I'd say it was €80 x 2 from memory. The only 2 kids in my daughters ecce class who didn't get chicken pox last year were the 2 who had the vaccine.
It's covered on vhi - €50 per inoculation
It's more like €75-90 per dose (2 doses) with 50 covered per dose
That's what I meant, thanks for clarifying!
I did not know this...ffs
You could still chance claiming back if you get copy receipt?
I'll definitely try. It was 1.5 years ago now though.
Ps it's 2 vaccines and from memory it's from 12 months and has to be 1 month apart.
Wow thanks so much I never knew that! Child just turned four, has never had it and I know it gets worse with age so one less thing to go through for her (and me) would be great! Going to look into it, thank you again
I can't remember the seasons but I think it's march/April and then again sep/Oct are when it tends to do the rounds so if you're considering it best to do it now before the next round hits. It can ne so nasty and is at least a week if not more out of school
Does this provide immunity for life?
Most people are protected for life with two doses. Also much less likely to get shingles
This! This is why it's important to consider it! You're more likely to get shingles if you've had chicken pox because chicken pox stays dormant in your system. My mum has shingles twice and was lucky it didn't cause nerve damage or other complications.
Worth the vax alone to avoid shingles in the future
My brother had chicken pox when I was born so I was given a vaccine, wasn't sure if I was covered for life or not.
If you get the vaccine before a year old i think it’s less effective so probably worth mentioning to your doctor about a booster
Be nice to the creeche workers. It's hard and underpaid work. It will make their jobs alot easier.
Bad news, crèche are germ warfare factories. So I hope one of yous works at home coz kids get sick the whole time and you'll have to be home with them. Good news, by the time they get to proper school they're hardy and don't get as sick as often. The non-creche kids however, do. Also, if there's a WhatsApp/FB group for parents, don't join it. Always end up just being magnets for drama-loving morons. Tell the management to send you all announcements via email.
Jesus I couldn't imagine joining a crèche WhatsApp group. I'm in the group for my housing estate and it's pure lunacy.
Our creche and WhatsApp groups are surprisingly drama free.
I am in one for my youngest and it's only ever this kid will be out today for X ECT. I guess I was lucky
They get sick so often!
And so will OP At that stage you can only hope you don't all get sick at the same time
THIS!!! We knew the little one would get sick but definitely didn’t account for how much of the germs would pass on to us
Thankfully we've only had it once where all of us had a tummy bug at the same time. It was not pretty
And then the isolation period afterwards before they're let back in! 24hr after a temperature, 48hr after D&V, next thing you know it's Friday tomorrow and you're wondering if it's worth sending them in for the potential to relapse or catch something else for the weekend.... On this cycle right now!
Especially at the start.
every one has covered the sick thing, but that isn't the end of the world. Kids are helpless anyways, they're the same when sick you do everything for them anyways!! Here's some good things to prepare yourself for: the way little one will light up when they come running out at collection time and they first see you crafts they made in their school bags, cards for special occasions just for you lieing in their bed at night as they sing nursery rhymes that they have learned at crèche to you, and singing along with them receiving photos in whatsapp from the crèche every few weeks and seeing your little one with other kids actually having fun knowing your kid is in a happy fun safe place. What a feeling. Being able to go for a coffee/lunch/shit without their presence.
I will add: Making friends Having the opportunity to do and explore things you don't do at home
These are all great points. Those few hours of quiet are strange at first but so nice.
>crafts they made in their school bags, cards for special occasions just for you The teacher spent the night making 15 of them and got your kid up stamp her hand on it Totally agree with everything else you said though.
don't care, it's better than the nothing I would get otherwise.
Wish my crèche sent WhatsApp photos. Dunno why they don't do that.
Random bumps and bruises appearing on your kid. My 4 year old is a hurricane and when we ask her where she got the latest scratch/bruise, the response is either "I fell" or "I don't know!"
Save a lot of your annual leave to take as days for WHEN they're sick and can't go in and need to be 48hrs free from said sickness before returning. At first they're going to be sick fairly frequently..
Anything you send in without a name tag will be lost.
Every virus going they will get and in turn you will get. There will be no allowances made for a sick child. You will get a phone call if they have any slight temperature or grizzle . Be sure and have a reserve babysitter lined up. Some days they won’t have their own dummy home with them 🫣 Plus points They will try a wide variety of foods. They will learn to be confident happy outgoing little beings. They will pick up all sorts of skills . They will love the company of their peers. They will be better prepared for transition to pre school, nursery and primary school.
You too will catch ever disease that the little pack of plague monkeys in your LOs creche bring to school.
How is she with staying with other people? As in have you left her with friends/family for a few hours at a time? If you haven't, you have time to start, it's important that she learns that when you leave her with someone you trust, you will always come back. Even though it'll be extremely hard to leave her try not to let it show. Good luck!
I've just had diarrhea for 4 straight days because of a gastro bug my kids picked up and brought home. So stuff like that.
They're going to kick and scream and hate it for the first few weeks/months. Especially at that age.
Prepare for plague upon plague upon plague. It's unbelievable how sick you get from them.
The bad 1. Sickness 2. The tears when you leave them in the morning and when you pick them up in the evening (prob lasts a week or two until they get used to the routine) 3. The cost 4. The bad habits they pick up from other kids The good 1. The joy you get when you pick them up having not seen them all day 2. Their new ability to socialise and make friends 3. The lovely drawings and art work they make 4. The free time you have when they are not there to clean, relax, prepare dinner, go for a walk/run Creche is tiring for them as well depending on how they are in for. If they are in 9-5, when they get home in the evening they will want food straight away and be ready for bed within a couple of hours
As people have said, be ready to be sick because my god they get sick and bring everything home all the time Iv had coronaswinefluebola basically since he went in
I knew it but still did not understand how often kid will get sick. And be cause my immune system after having LO was crap, I was sick all the time too. Preparation wise, stock on Calpol for LO, and Lemsip for yourself. Get vitamins if you are not taking any. Another thing was how dirty kids got in creches. Their clothes get ruined. At some point, I actually started darning. Otherwise, I would go broke on leggings alone. There will always be one kid who will be biting other kids.
My LO had terrible separation anxiety, childminder from 10 months, crèche from 2 right up to midway through 1st term at primary school. Every day, screaming his lungs out when I left. Absolutely heartbreaking, although I knew (from phone calls etc) that once I’d gone out of sight he was fine and had a great time each day. The excitement when I picked him up was amazing, and I still have pictures and bits he made me up around the house (he’s nearly 20 now!). Also random injuries (bruises, scrapes etc) that he couldn’t remember getting and little crushes on his classmates. He learned to ride a bike while at crèche and how to initiate new games and direct classmates to do what he wanted. New phrases and words picked up from others, a bit of an attitude at times. It’s honestly a great time for them, expanding their universe. Enjoy!!!
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Every virus going.
The sheer number of illnesses they will bring home. It was staggering. Also the fact that pretty much all the 'crafts' they make as presents for you are done by the staff
Get ready for the house to be sick from basically October to April 😂
Everyone is sick all the time
For the first few months your child will miss a lot of days due to sickness. You’ll need a backup plan for a while.
Obviously everyone mentioning how often they’ll be sick. Aside from that, there’ll be days they flat out won’t want to go in, and you have to do the dance at the door of hugs cries, promises to get them to go in. Never be in a rush and assume your drop off will take 1min, it might be 1min one day 15mins the next.
Your child will probably do things in creche that they never do at home
>What took you by surprise when your kid started creche? How easily and quickly she adapted to it. >What hit you like a ton of bricks? Her and us being sick with every toddler bug imaginable all the bloody time October to April and still having to pay the creche fee. >How did you prepare yourselves and your kids in the weeks leading up to it? You can't really prepare yourself. Best thing to do was ask if the creche have a settling in week. Our LO went in half days for 4 days in the first 2 weeks. It was good for us and for her. But the first few days are rough on parents. Preparing kiddos? It depends we showed her the building, walked by for a few days (our creche is nearby) and talked to her about it. But I really don't think it had any impact whatsoever
We also got very lucky and our first is going to crèche in a few months, he’ll be turning 1 at the time. Absolutely petrified about leaving him somewhere for a full day and not know what’s going on. Thanks for posting this, a trip to boots and a label maker are on the list for me!
I’m still waiting on a space, mine is just gone 2. Enjoy the freedom!
People are giving you fairly general advice so hopefully this will help. 1) Children at that age get over illnesses MUCH faster than adults. For the first few months of creche, your child is going to be sick a lot( depending on a lot of different factors of course, like exposure levels, immune levels, diet, breatfeeding etc). However you'll also get sick too, but you or your SO will get the illness about the time your child is over the worst of it. This means that you'll be at your worst when your kid has fully bounced back. You and your SO need to working as a team here to make sure house stuff happens and you are covering each other, otherwise it will build tension in the home. Make sure yourself and your SO are working on improving your fitness and health. oh and start chugging multi vitamins. 2) Don't hang around and wave and cry when dropping your child off at creche. Drop them off, give them a hug and hand them over to the staff. It's normally wayyyyyy harder on us then the child as staff will be there to distract your child going in and they forget about the drop off in a few mins. We however get to sit in the car afterwards and think about our little babies in creche all by themselves, but in reality they are having the craic, new toys, new friends, crafts, games, multiple snacks during the day. If you are unsure about this speak to your creche about the best way to introduce your child and their suggested approach to drop off. 3) Routine is KEY. Your child is going to be experiencing totally different things, people, foods etc. They are going to be wrecked and making sure you stick to your current routine will help the transition and also help them relax after creche. Don't change your routine drastically in the first two weeks, they will need the comfort of home. 4) Your child is going to rocket forward in both physical form and mental form as they learn new things all the time, far faster than what they have already learned. This is probably going to be the first parenting test, as they will start acting out the things they experience in creche. There will probably be somethings they pick up that you don't like. Your daughter will be 2 so you can't rationally explain why you don't like something they are doing. Don't give out to them at this point if they do something wrong, again they are copying what they see other kids doing and you need to be there to guide them. 5) Making friends with other parents at creche can be hard. A lot of the time people are just chucking their kids into creche and racing off to work, with no time for chat with other parents. Once your daughter makes friends, you can also ask them to pass your contact details onto the parents of the other children. 6) Start reading to your daughter. Don't let her watch cocomelon. 7) Don't get attached to coats and jumpers. Of course label everything but, she is going to come home from creche with missing coats etc. There are probably way more, but I hope the above helps.
Lots of time off with sick kids 😀
Birthday parties start at around 2 for the parents who can afford that kind of thing. Vast majority of kids won't do that so don't feel under pressure. Get the NCS discount sorted ASAP and make a note of when you'll need to renew it.
Actimel and / or kids prebiotic start them on it now it will help prevent some of the tummy bugs
The guilt the first few drop offs when that bottom lip starts trembling. Give a big hug and assure them that you love them and will be back to pick them up later, but don't overextend the goodbye, it just makes it harder on you all Do a gradual first week if you can. A couple of hours on day one and increase until the end of the week. We made the mistake once of mentioning playschool one night before bed, it was her worst night sleep in a while (that was halfway through week one). Tantrums / testing boundaries the first couple of weeks at home. They are just testing you to make sure you still love and care about them (it will pass!) Everyone else has covered this, but CONSTANT runny nose when she was never sick before! Pack some things for the school to keep so you don't need to bring them to and from every day: Rain coat Rain suit Wellies Sun cream Sunhat *Labels labels labels* Ask the creche what she got up to that day, because you won't get it out of her. My daughter says she did nothing, every day! But she has drawings in her bag, she sings songs I never heard her sing before, she has new routines like putting her toys to bed etc. Also handy to know if she napped or ate her lunch. If you have some time before they start, read some books on going to playschool so their first few days aren't scary. My daughter is 2.5. only started playschool recently and it took a couple of weeks but she goes in (most days) without a bother now, the teacher says she is doing great every day.
Conjunctivitis…🙄
The first year is hard but it does get better
Prepare to be sick. Very regularly, repeatedly, tediously congested, coughing, eyes streaming, and loose bowel movements. Your child will become a petri dish that walks every pathogen in nature to your front door Eventually, things will ease off, but the illnesses will never truly go away
Also, never engage with the seemingly friendly question each morning from their room minder. "How is he/she?" they'll ask you with a smile. Always answer with "GREAT! AMAZING EVEN" with a manic smile They're not asking because they care (although they do), they're trying to trap you Never deviate from "GREAT!". Never innocently reply "a bit cranky but we're all tired" or "was awake a few times, but happy now". If you do, the moment your back is turned, they'll have a thermometer in your child's ear, a slightly elevated temperature will be discovered and, before you know it, you'll be on the way back to collect them, while on the phone to your boss apologising for being unable to give that presentation
She’ll probably be great the first day because you’ll likely stay with her for the period you’re there. She’ll probably do a bit longer the next day without you and may struggle so you might have tears for a few days after you initially leave her the first time. Reassure her that you’ll be back, if she has a special blanket/teddy let her take it with her. If she still naps then she might struggle with that initially too, depending on their set up it might be a bit noisier than she’s used too. She also may find the noise levels a bit overwhelming at the start too if she’s used to a quiet environment but she’ll adjust. She’ll make lots of little friends and she’ll get to engage in lots of educational play, she’ll make so much progress and she’ll be absolutely fine, you however may find it harder than her but she will be ok. Good luck LO, you’re going to do great!
Head lice!! Be prepared.
Be prepared to say goodbye to your baby, a little kids taking over. The baby days are gone until they get sick & you secretly love being their only person for a day or two.
What is "LO"?
The kid may get bitten. Don't take it personal, stuff like that happens. Heck, your kid may bite another kid at some point, and you would never know, most creches don't disclose the identity of the biters.
So many germs