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We are lucky that it is very easy; we walk into her in home, she gets so excited that I have to "catch" her before running off to get her coat off and a hug/kiss. And then she calls and runs to "Ulie" (Julie) and eats breakfast! she loves it there (14 months.)

We walk into the room, I make sure she has her lovey (her lamb), I giver her a squeeze and a kiss, I hand her to her teacher, and then I say say *bye bye, mama will see you this afternoon* . . . she usually waves bye bye even if she has a sad face and is about to cry. I don't linger as that just makes it harder on her! The short version would be (1) Hug, (2) Kiss, and (3) Leave.

ETA: 15-20 minutes is waaaay too long!

My LO is 21 months and he has been going to daycare for about 6 months now. We go through phases of super easy goodbyes and ones that involve a lot of tears! Right now we are in a good phase so after we take off his coat, hat and mitts, and change his shoes, he gives me a quick kiss and takes off to play.

During our rough periods, we would go through the exact same undressing/shoe routine, and once his indoor shoes were on he would cling to me and start getting all panicky. I would go into his room and find a toy (or anything!) to calm him, then kiss him and leave. I would stay 10 minutes MAX and that would include the undressing part.

He is a creature of routine and he knows exactly what to do before I even have to ask him most times...I also think that for us, staying longer at drop-off would only prolong the crying. It does get better though so hang in there!

aww i'm sure it'll get better as she gets used to the new room!

it's always been really easy with both kids because they loved daycare. we drop them off and say bye and they say bye and we leave.