https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 14:58:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1202300 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:26:32 +0000 sorrycharlie 1202300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: aww glad she had a better day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1202299 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:26:16 +0000 littlek 1202299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: Is she in the infant room? Napping SUCKS until they move to the toddler room.</p> <p>B had a boy in his class that started at 10 months and he cried every day for weeks. He evenutally stopped and now he loves it. I think it just takes longer to adjust to daycare when they are older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1202291 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:24:06 +0000 PrincessBaby 1202291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok apparently after the crying incident, she had a great day! She took two 7 oz bottles, ate spaghetti, peaches, Cheerios, and her snack pouch! She must have been starving from not eating yesterday, lol...She also took a nap but someone cried and woke her up after only 30 mins...Hopefully she gets used to noise like that and doesn't let it wake her later down the road...I feel SO MUCH BETTER! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201659 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:48:52 +0000 littlek 1201659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>B started at 4 months, so he had no issue. I think the later you start, the longer the adjustment. Sorry :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201654 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:47:02 +0000 cheert16 1201654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS started at 5 months and has been doing ok. His only issue is he is also Team Boob- so it took a lil bit for him to warm up to the idea of bottles (even though we had been giving them to him at home) and now when he sees me after work- he is all over me to eat. And has started waking up at 2am to eat again.... ahhh! Its only been a month and a half so I am hoping it will get better and he will remember how to STTN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201585 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:35:39 +0000 lamariniere 1201585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS started at 2 years. It took about 3 weeks for him to not cry when I dropped him off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201558 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:29:05 +0000 lizzywiz 1201558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Started at 4 months and I would say about two weeks until she wasn't crying so much. Heartbreaking but unavoidable. Now I have to chase her down when I go to pick her up. She loves it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201523 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:22:47 +0000 plantains 1201523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: It took about 2 weeks, L is 14 months old and now she loves going there. She will still randomly sometimes cry at drop off though, but when we had a nanny she would sometimes cry when I left in the morning and sometimes she cries when DH leaves. It is a clingy age. </p> <p>Don't worry, H will adjust and she will probably love it there! DD eats her solids so well now because she sees all the other kids doing it. It has been a really great experience for us so far and we are only 2 months in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201505 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:18:43 +0000 DillonLion 1201505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right away...but she was so itty bitty,she didnt know any better. She was very, very tired at the beginning. Hell, she is still worn out at the end of the day...but its good for her to socialize and learn new things. Plus she had no problems with bottles. How does H do,with those? It is a big adjustment, especially at this particular age. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201448 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:59:11 +0000 Andrea 1201448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 days but she was only 6 months old. I'm sure it takes longer when they are more aware. It took my 3 year old a week to get used to preschool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201388 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:45:46 +0000 PrincessBaby 1201388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: H is actually Team Boob! So I think that makes it tougher...She likes to just snack on solids and will only take a few oz from my husband when we've been working on getting her down to just a couple of nursing sessions a day.... It's like she refuses to make the connection of something other than boob being her main food source- everything else is just for fun to her. Sooooo I am worried about all of this transition at once:(</p> <p>Thank you so much for your responses, everyone! Looks like this will be a total work In progress and this pukey feeling isn't going away anytime soon:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201271 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:17:28 +0000 bushelandapeck 1201271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlie started going to preschool two mornings/week at 12 months and I think it took about a month and a half, give or take, for him to not cry when I left. I think if he had been there more often it might have been a shorter transition. He still gets sad when we leave him with our nanny two days/week and he's been with her since June! He's quite attached to me though, and I was home with him for 9 mos. I hope H adjusts soon!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201265 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:15:13 +0000 Freckles 1201265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 weeks. LO started at 11 months, and because i wasn't going to be working for 3 weeks, i slowly eased her in. The first two weeks are especially hard and they may not eat/sleep very well. </p> <p>We transitioned her to a new daycare at 13 months and it took her about 1.5 weeks to transition. Even when she moved to a new daycare room it took her 1 week to transition without crying at drop offs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201264 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:14:38 +0000 Rubies 1201264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD started daycare at 12 months and it took her about 2-3 weeks to get dropped off with zero tears. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201250 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:12:37 +0000 autumnlove 1201250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 weeks! Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201244 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:10:39 +0000 Smurfette 1201244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R started at 12 weeks, so totally different but it still took her a month to get use to it and having a bottle during the day. </p> <p>I would think that going every day is going to help her ease into it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201231 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:05:43 +0000 LuLu Mom 1201231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We lucked out and she adjusted day one. She actually is the kid throwing a fit when we try to get her to leave :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201229 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:05:17 +0000 bpcmarj 1201229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 15 months after being a SAHM the whole time. I would say it was about 2 weeks before she stopped crying for Momma or milk during the day and needing to be held nearly all day (we also day weaned just before we started and I was not pumping). Now, after 3 months, she is totally fine other than the occasional fake crying when I drop her off. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201210 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:56:35 +0000 cascademom 1201210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took awhile. LO started daycare at 3 months old. He was saucy and stubborn, but got used to it. For the longest time, he would cry when we left. He's coming on a year at daycare this month and stopped crying when I left recently. Like other posters, the first couple of weeks tired him out. Daycare has been great for naps and socializing. It got our family into a routine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201197 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:54:11 +0000 MsLipGloss 1201197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO started daycare at 13 months (she just turned 14 months). It took a couple of weeks before she didn't cry in the mornings at drop off. They're all different though . . . some transition much more easily (and quickly), and others take a bit longer. My LO is 100% Team Mama --I am sure yours is too!--, so the adjustment might take a little longer. </p> <p>My best advice is to keep a consistent morning routine, to talk to her about what you are doing (getting ready for school) and where you are taking her (to school to see her teachers, to play, to sing songs, etc.), and to do a quick drop off (I give her a squeeze and a kiss and tell her mama will pick her up this afternoon, and then I leave). Do not linger! Also, my LO has a lovey that has been great during the transition as well (it's a lamb). </p> <p>She will probably surprise you at how well she does after a few days. Although I will say that I did part time for 2 weeks before transitioning to full time, and that my experience is that the transition was easier when she went to full time . . . because the routine was more consistent I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201196 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:53:40 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1201196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 months was a really tough age for us at daycare too even though she loved her teachers and had been with them from early on. So be prepared that it could just be the age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201190 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:51:11 +0000 Mamaof2 1201190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MY DS started at 5 months and he did great - but it was exhausting for him - he was in bed asleep for the night by 6pm!</p> <p>DD started at 15 months and it took her 3 weeks =(</p> <p>Hang in there - it will get better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201183 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:50:10 +0000 looch 1201183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A long time, an abnormally long time! My son was 2 when he began and it took us about 5 months to get him there for the 7:30-3pm time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-lo-to-be-okay-with-day-care#post-1201172 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:47:35 +0000 PrincessBaby 1201172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been a SAHM with my LO for 6 mos now, and prior to that she had a nanny. I start a new job on Monday, and she will go to daycare full time until I find a nanny and then she'll do MTW @ daycare and ThF nanny. I put her in day care this week part time, WThF from 8-12 to ease her in... Yesterday they said she wanted to be held a lot and refused to eat AT ALL. I got her home and nursed her and she fell asleep for almost 3 hours. Today I dropped her off and she was hysterical:(. I called an hour later and as soon as they transferred me to her room I heard her bawling in the background:(. They said they were trying to give her a bottle but it wasnt going very well:(</p> <p>Yesterday I was like "It's just the first day, it's okay..." But today I'm definitely weaker, and I have a sick knot in my stomach, my heart is just breaking for how she must feel right now.</p> <p>I wonder how long it will take to get her used to daycare? She is 11 mos btw....</p> <p>My poor boo boo :sad: </p>