Anonymous wrote:Do it gradually at the daycare center where she will be attending. Stay with her for few hours then go home together. The next day go out to your car for a little while and comeback and get her. Keep increasing time away.
Sending her to a separate preschools seems like you are risking traumatizing her twice.

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Do it gradually at the daycare center where she will be attending. Stay with her for few hours then go home together. The next day go out to your car for a little while and comeback and get her. Keep increasing time away.
Sending her to a separate preschools seems like you are risking traumatizing her twice.

When I started my much younger kid in day care, she started a week or so before I went back to work. I started her off for just a few hours a day then gradually extended her day. It worked out really well for both of us that way.

We have a 2-year old and I'm planning to go back to work next year. I think our DD needs some form of transition e.g. 2-3 half-day weekly classes at the nursery before we give throw her into the deep end of a 8AM-630PM day care. My husband doesn't agree and thinks that 2-3 day nursery classes are redundant. I'm currently a full-time mum and DD sees me day and night, with some weekly toddler programs at the local library. Tried GYmboree but she didn't quite like it - didn't mix well and tended to be clingy. I don't want to cause her distress if and when I do get a job and she needs to go to a full-time daycare. What would be a good way to help DD ease into full-time day care (if not the morning nursery classes)?