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[quote=Anonymous]OP here with a brief update. We recently switched from home daycare to a nanny--in fact, one of DS's teachers from the daycare who wanted to move to nannying. Since she has known him in both circumstances, she is well placed to observe the difference in behavior, which she characterized as being like night and day, two different kids almost. (I am also home on maternity leave, so I see it too, but have left the two of them to set up a routine, and I come in at the end of the day to have some special time with DS).  He has been attentive, sweet, relatively calm (still a high energy boy) with none of the aggressive or overly emotional or hyper/distracted behavior they were seeing at daycare. He thrives on the attention he is getting and we notice it even at home in the morning and evening and on the weekends he is much more balanced, and just seems more grounded. While we were worried that he'd be "bored" by being home, our nanny is wonderful about getting him out and about, playing with kids at the playground, going to story time at the library, etc. So, anyway, just was an eye opener to me how much of my son's behavior was a reaction to group care. While I still think the daycare is wonderful, its clear that for my son, a quieter atmosphere and lots of attention is what he needs now and hopefully he will build the independence and skills to cope with larger group interactions--and if not, at least we know what the triggers/issues are and that he can thrive in the right place. [/quote]

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