Am I pushing my 4 year old to attend daycare

[momsi28]

My 4 year old is an only child. I am a stay at home mom, my husband has his buisness literally 100 meters away from our home. We live in Central America.Only us 3. No relatives.. I thought it would be a good idea to put our son in a daycare, that has kids up to 6 years of age. He has been there 8 weeks and still I dont see him happy about it. His once very calm being is now very uneasied. . Every single time he gets a chance, he asks "mom do I have school when I wake up".. This can be up to 15 times a day.. He also tells me the other kids are not to nice. This school is an all spanish school, they do teach english but its not the first language, my son is bilingual, english being his first language. My gut tells me hes not ready. I know you should follow gut instincts when it comes to kids.. I just dont know with this situation. If your wondering according to the teachers, hes doing fine. Fine?? How? Is his adjusting just taking a bit longer? Should I change his daycare? should I wait all together to put him in at maybe 5? Please, any clarity will help. thanks

[margypops]

If your gut is telling you he isnt ready I would go with that a Moms Gut isnt to be trifled with. Can you cut back on the days/hours he goes would that work better for him, anyway you can sit in or observe at the daycare ,it could be they dont stimulate the children and he is bored, as its Day care there are other age groups or is he is a group of his age. My opinion is that maybe he isnt suited or ready for daycare ,but when school starts he will be ready for that and possibly they will have more structure and more stimulation than a daycare. Not easy to decide is it but your child is telling you something. Good Luck