Meg, hugs hon! We're having similiar issues with Maddy. They've just moved her from the toddler class to pre-kindy class at daycare. Whilst they've moved all 6 kids of the same age range (including her 3 closest friends), Maddy's become so incredibly clingy and downright naughty. All of last week after the class change she got hysterical and clung to me when we went to drop her off; but when I rang daycare during the day they said she calmed down within 10 minutes and was having a fabulous day.

Reading what you've written about Coco makes me realise how much a little bit of change (going to daycare for Coco; changing classes at daycare for Maddy) can really affect their behavior. We're trying to get Maddy to understand it's just a different room & teacher; her friends are all there, pretty much the same timetable is there. All I can suggest is to keep reassuring her; explain to her what is different and that Mummy & Daddy & Tilly love her.

I had a chat to a few of the teachers last week and they explained that pretty much all of their 2 year olds (there's about 15) are going through this testing/naughty stage, reacting/acting out to their classmates, clingy etc.