Does Your Baby Cry At Daycare?
Encourage friendships through play dates
Ask your child’s teacher or caregiver if there are a few friends he has connected with. Set up play dates with these children at your home. Make each visit relatively short, as too long of an event can be tiring or stressful for a child who is new to play dates. Plan ahead to have a snack and game ready, as some children find a full session of free-play difficult to navigate. Once you’ve had a couple of successful sessions at your home, branch out to a play date at a friend’s home.
The play sessions that occur away from school allow children to develop more personal friendships. And having a deeper friendship with another child or two at the daycare center or classroom can create more security for your child when he’s away from home during the day.
