Behavior Changes After Starting Daycare?

I would give it two weeks an dit thing sodn't change I would take her out of there. I had this happen when I put my daughter in a daycare as well. She was in preschool two days a week and with family two days a week as well and then we decided to put her in a small daycare and all sorts of things starting changing. She would cry when I dropped her off, she became mean and snotty, she had been potty trained for well over a year and had multiplt accidents daily and then one day it hit me that it might have been a great daycare, but something there did not mesh well with my daughter(who was three at the time), so I took her out and found an at home daycare two weeks later and once she started there she was back to her normal sweet self. Try to be patient with her and explain when she acts out that it's not right and if it continues much longer I would take her out. When it comes to your children safety and well being should be first. Even though shes little she can tell when things aren't right.

Welcome to being the parent of a 3-year old. I have a 3yr old boy who is the same way and I am home with him all day. So don't fret it happens. Moving also doesn't help. When he was just 2 I had a brand new baby and we were selling our house and moving from Chandler to Peoria and I will tell you when their lives get turned upside down they go crazy. You just have to make sure you take a "time out" once in a while. That's when I go hide from my 6,3, and 1 yr old sons in my room so I can calm down. Have fun they all tell me it will get better.

I work at a day care and this is typically normal behavior, the girls is adujusting to different environments they see other kids biting and crying. What we do is redirect them and softly tell them no it's not good to bite we try to explain to them that they wouldn't like it if they got bit or hit, it may take a little while to get used to this day care, in a regular pre-school there are a lot of more kids and they don't get the one on one like they do at a home based center. L.

I would keep a watch on the daycare. It could be stress from the change but it could be that she is not being attended to as much as should be. My son had the same problems at one daycare when he was about two years old. I noticed that a lot of the children had runny noses and were crying whenever I would come to pick him up. After a couple weeks I decided to try Sunrise instead and his attitude totally changed. He was happier and liked going to daycare.

Kids that age thrive on routine and change is very difficult for them. WE experienced some of the same kinds of things with our two year old last year when we moved and she went from a small home daycare to a larger preschool/daycare center. Also, keep in mind at that type of a daycare, they are MUCH busier than at a home daycare as there are more structured activities and usually more kids. She is probably also exhausted at the end of the day and is handling it by using all the behaviors you described. Give her about 3 week in the new place and see if she doesn't adjust and the behaviors will disappear. IT will just take lots of extra patience from you in the meantime and make sure to keep other routines as normal as you can (i.e. same dinner time, bedtime, wake time, etc.)

This could honestly be nothing but your daughter trying to deal with ALL the new stuff! I mean, there are some pretty major changes under way - for all of you!

My oldest daughter doesn NOT deal well with change. She's doing better as she is now in school, but as a 3 year old, she would have had a complete meltdown over a new daycare, change in my schedule AND a new house.

My point is that your daughter might just be feeling insecure with all the changes. Take some time to just be with her. Maybe you can do something special and try to explain to her that yes, there are changes, but The Family will still be together and you love her and these changes won't make THAT different.

Also, if she has only lived in the one house, she may be afraid to leave the house. I know this sounds odd, and I would not have believed it myself if I hadn't seen it myself twice. My cousin's son FREAKED when they moved from their apartment. And we've talked with my older daughter about moving and she wiggs out, too. She doesn't want to leave "Casa Q." (the name of our house for some reason). So, if you've already chosen a residence in Chandler, you may want to take her there and show her - maybe let her pick a bedroom or whatever.

Those are 2 thoughts. I kinda think 2 days at a new daycare is fast for her to have picked up these behaviors. I would guess she's kinda insecure and scared.

Good Luck!