We know that leaving your baby in the nursery crying not only breaks your heart, it also worries you greatly. For this reason, we created this guide to make your stay in the nursery more pleasant.
Why do babies cry when they stay in daycare? Normally in a baby less than two or three years old, the separation anxiety is very strong. When the dads are gone, the babies do not conceive the idea that their parents are going to return, specialists say.
When the time comes to drop them off at daycare, children who have not yet registered the permanence of objects experience terrible distress, because they feel that they have completely lost their parents or caregivers.
Help him overcome the anguish!
So that your child successfully passes this stage and can be calm in the nursery until you go for him, check these recommendations:
1. Similar environment. It tries that the environment that exists in the nursery is as similar to that of their home, that is, in care and in the way they treat children.
2. Explain the separation. Tell your child that you will not be separated from him permanently, but that you will return for him. Do it in his own language, for example, you can teach him the hands of the clock and point out the time you leave and when you will return.
3. Tell him all his activities. Explain what is going to happen in your absence, that is, point out all their activities and who they stay with.
4. Slow and progressive transition. The change does not have to be immediately that is, take it step by step in the transition. There are nurseries that have half days, where babies do not stay full time, but a few hours to get used to.
5. Know the environment. It is important that the parents know the people who will take care of them, the activities that are carried out, that is, that they go with the child for a few days so that the child becomes familiar and is not a very sudden change.
It is important that there is a person in the kindergarten who pays attention to the children and who puts them to do activities that stimulate their development, as a mother would do at home, the specialists conclude.