Just Started Daycare

Totally Normal!

Do not freak out.. Just be strong.. I bet what happens is when you drop him off, just a few minutes later he is just fine.

In the evenings, on the way home.. give him a healthy snack in the car.. When you get home.. play blocks or something with him for a little while..

Transitions of kids this age are difficult.. But they get through it.. The secret is to decide how each drop off and pick up is going to be.. and follow it..

I have to agree with one of your other posters. Perhaps, he is getting sick. I see this often. They will start daycare and be perfectly fine then when they dont feel good its a whole different thing. If you think he's healthy, then Id say give him some more time. This is a difficult age to start daycare. He has probably figured out that this not a temporary play group. Daycare is a lot of work especially if you havent been before. He has to follow directions, share, watch out for other kids, have friends play with the same things as he does. Its a lot to take in. As much as it is fun, it is still hard work for those little ones. HTH. Good luck.

Now that the fun honeymoon of daycare has worn off and the reality is setting in, you can expect to see some of this (crying, clingy behavior). This means he really 'gets' what's going to happen.

I agree with others that it could be bug coming on. This is very common at the start of daycare. At one daycare, I was sick off and on for the first year, so be warned....it's very common and then your child will have much better immunity than they did before!

Keep in touch with the teachers/caregivers. What I told parents was that, if their kiddo was still crying twenty minutes after drop-off, I'd call them. I've never had that happen. They usually cry in anticipation of the separation--because they love us-- and then are fine five minutes later. :)

Totally normal, it was fun at first, but now it's getting old ... he will get over it and be fine. Drop off be kind bur firm, allow the "teachers" to do their job, this is not their first time. Do not make it long and drawn out, do not carry him in unless he freaks out in the car, just pass him off give a wave and be gone. His dad needs to be firm and fair as well, give him a lovie that has a picture of you with or in it if that helps him feel better. My son would walk around the house and pick up the photo of the person he misses and hug and kiss it and he would feel better.

Since he's been there 2 weeks it's about time for him to start coming down with stuff. He may just be starting to get sick. Check his ears to see if they look extra cruddy or like they are draining.

He may just need some extra time to get used to it all too.

We're ignoring the "screaming" phase right now.

Turns out the ignoring is working. We read and found it was a common phase. At first the screaming lasted minutes. Dreadful - heart wrenching minutes. We ignored.

Now they're getting more infrequent and only last about 30 seconds. When he gets no reaction, he goes back to whatever he was doing.

My two youngest went to daycare for a while. At first they were fine. After a little boy bit one of them she started crying whenever they went. Perhaps your son had an incident with another child.