Separation Anxiety - Tucker,GA

Ive noticed with my son and with some other kids in my life that when they start out of nowhere having "seperation anxiety" at that age it is usually for a reason. My friends son (3) was in preschool for a while then one day begged her not to leave him. He did this for weeks before they found out that some kids had been teasing him ruthlessly. Once that stopped...he was fine. On the extreme side, my sister when she was 4 started begging my mom not to make her take naps at the baby sitters. Turns out the babysitters 14 yo sold had been molesting her during naptime. With everything in child rearing..."Better safe than sorry". It could be that another child is calling her names...this is very difficult for little ones to handle too. Another mother had suggested dropping by the school- I think that is a great idea. Good luck.

My son is five and started kindergarten this year. For the first two weeks he was fine, but then every morning when I dropped him off he would cry. I wasn't sure what I should do, but then one morning I had somewhere I had to be, and I didn't have time to stand there until he went into class, so I needed to just drop him off from the car, let him go in, and be done. For some reason this worked really well. I'm sure with daycare you can't just drop her off from the car, but maybe when you're sure she has someone watching her you can go. Give her a sense of responsibility, and letting her know she's a big girl might help. Not dwelling on the seperation or giving her time to get worked up might do the trick. Good luck, I know it's not easy.

I would make sure nothing has changed ay school. Drop in during day just make sure everything is a ok. I worked at daycare for awhile and have been a nanny for 15 yrs. I had a great class and unfortunetly some had to move up because of age and the new teacher was totally different than myself. She wouldnt talk to us teachers so I knew she couldnt be interacting with them well they began to act out having accidents intheir potty trainning so I went to the head teacher and the girl was let go. It may be nothing but better safe than sorry. My daughter when she was 3 was in mothers day out and was fine for awhile and then started crying and saying she didnt want to go to school. I dropped her off and left but came right back about 10 minutes and a new helper was talking to her calling her a baby asked her if she needed a bottle and teasing her awful well I stepped in and her face was white as a sheet needless to say she wasnt there the next day. Ihope everything is fine and maybe it is just a phase. i wish you the best

Well I'll tell ya my daughter is 3 she will be 4 in March. I am a stay at home mom and my daughter goes through the same thing. I did get a short job for a while in the evenings only like 3 hours a night. I done it for 4 months, my husband would watch our girls while I went. She would throw a fit every day, my husband said she would cry for at least 30 mins b4 settling down. She never stopped doing it. She would ask me all day if I was going to work. She hated it. I know it is just because she is use to having me there all the time. If I go to the store she will cry. It doesnt matter who she is left with. I ask if she wants to stay at someones house (family members) and she says no. She wants to visit but never stay. On the rare occasions she does stay she usually does really well after a while when I am gone. They say after the first 30mins she settles down and acts like nothing happened. When I come back and get her, she tells me how much she missed me. In my opinion some kids just have that need for their parents. I wish I could drop her off more with people to try to get her over this but for me it is impossible. I would also like to say I agree with the lady that said to stop in and check. We all like to think that our children are safe, but unfortunatly that is not always the case. I would rather be one of those people that worry alot about it, then one that says I should have seen the signs, ya know. But in whatever you do, good luck, I know how upsetting and stressful this situation can be and I only hope that it gets easier for you and quickly.

My daughter did the same thing at 3 when we started her in day care. She will grow out of it. I think its just an age thing that some kids go through. with my daughter we got her a special necklace that she could wear to school and when she got sad that mommy wasnt there she could look at it and remember that mommy IS comming back for her that this was HER time to play with her friends w/o mommy around. Make a big deal out of it and center it all around her. Make sure you make daycare out to HER time to play and run around with her friends w/o you there looking over her shoulder. and the necklace to remind her that you are comming back.

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My son is now 8, about to be 9, but I do remember that time. He went through seperation anxiety at that age. I agree with the other mommy. Drop her off and go!!! Do not talk about it on the ride to school either. Talk about other things..like how the leaves are changing and what that signals. Please hang in there!!

You have to let her get use to it. My daughter was the same way she loved daycare but when I dropped her off she cut up. I promise you she will get use to it my daughter begs me to go to school on the weekend now.