I first put my DD into daycare for once a week when she was 3. I think I started about halfway through the first term. The first day she screamed so bad, I was in tears.
One of the ladies came over and tried to coax DD away from me while at the same time reassuring me that both DD and I would be fine.
When I picked her up, she was happy, and as we were driving off, she was saying goodbye to everyone.
The next week, was exactly the same, she cried again. Every week when I dropped her off, she would cry/scream, and she did this until about the end of July. At that time we had a death in the family, so had to go away for a couple of weeks. When we got back, she fell back into the same routine, but thankfully for only the first 2 weeks.
I felt awful for leaving her there when she was obviously so upset, but when I picked her up she was always happy, smiling and had some artwork to proudly show off to me.
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