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I’m not here today because I’m over here, writing about daycare drop-offs…
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I like your drop-off procedure; in fact, we do the same thing here. At my house we’ve also added a cheerful wave out the window to departing parents…the kids love it and so do the grown-ups.
my daughter had no problem with the drop off at preschool. but, at art camp this summer, she cried every day at drop off time. the camp teachers were a little clueless about how to handle it! finally, they figured out that they could come over to take the crying child from me! as i was buckling up my son in the parking lot, another mommy (bless her!) came by and told me that my daughter had already stopped crying! yay!
Loved that post.
Wish I had read it 10 years ago before Daughter entered pre-school. I was one of those “Earnest Mommies” who would hold her arms back out after handing over the weepy child to the caregiver.
It made for a difficult transistion until the Supervisor took me aside and assured me that Daughter was fine and that it was more of a “Mommy” issue.
That was kind of embarrassing.
But in the end, it really helped and once consistently practised; the smile, the wave, the reassuring, “I’ll see you later” and walking away, made all the difference for both of us.