My DD is 4yo and started Kinder last week. She hates it, well she hates me not being there.

She is supposed to go 2 days a week from 8.30 till 4pm, but as she has never been in any form of care apart from Grandma, I am picking her up at lunch (and the fact that she still sleeps 2+ hrs at lunch still)

The first day she cried and got upset but settled ok and was ok when I picked her up at lunch. The Thursday she got so upset that she made herself physically sick several times. Now you can even mention the word Kinder or she has a complete melt down - she is not sleeping or eating due to the stress.

It has now made her clingy and she has a melt down if I leave the house for work - when she was perviously fine with it.

I really don't know what to do. Its stressing me out that its upsetting her so much.

I dont know weather to keep persevering for a while longer or not. I know it would be a major drama if she was like this for school next year.

Has any bodies kids been like this and got better??

Thanks in advance
Kate