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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 2 year old is going to daycare in a few months. He has stranger and separation anxiety, and he has not left home since born. Their daycare requires all kids need to wear mask at 2 and above, but know that their mask policy is loose for 2 year olds. Should I send him with mask or unmasked (with masks in backpack) on day 1 drop off at school door? I am 200 percent know he will cry the second I handed him to daycare teachers at school door. I am thinking of unmasked on day 1, try to make him more uncomfortable and I don't see the point of mask getting wet from tears and boogies from weeping. He can cry for an hour.[/quote]

I know a kid under two who started day care. She didn’t have to wear a mask, but everyone around her wearing masks and full PPE totally terrified her. She cried all day for two weeks and her parents eventually pulled her out. So I would talk to him a lot about how everyone around him will be wearing masks all day. Maybe take him a few places and show him what his providers will look like.[b] This isn’t normal daycare, it’s like being cared for by storm troopers. [/b][/quote]

This. We sent our kid to a daycare last fall (our old daycare never reopened) and had to pull her after a month because she just couldn't acclimate under the Covid conditions. All caregivers and kids were in masks, she didn't know anyone there beforehand, we had to do drop-off at the gate to the building (and it was stressful, with a hand washing station and a temperature check and very strict rules about where parents could stand). She was just stressed out and miserable and never really played with the other kids or connected with the teachers.

But now she's in a PK where they still have masking rules, but they are more humane about how the Covid rules are applied. Parents take temps at home and report them via the drop-off app. The kids are outside most of the day and drop off and pick up happen in the yard, so it can be a little more relaxed and less abrupt for the kids. Everyone wears masks but the setting is just more personal and not as rigid and it has really helped my DD feel more comfortable. It's such a relief. I think a lot of childcares and schools can learn from this situation. You can have safety procedures in place without losing your humanity.[/quote]

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