Any parent is very worried about sending their little child to kindergarten. The child himself experiences no less stress, because everything that will surround him in the kindergarten is new and unfamiliar to him. However, the following practical advice from experienced child psychiatrists will help you and your baby to get through this exciting moment normally and calmly.
1. Never force a child to stay in kindergarten all day on his first day in a new and unfamiliar place. This can adversely affect his further adaptation to the kindergarten, and can also harm his psychological state.
2. Try to keep the kid's trips to the kindergarten systematic and regular. You cannot tell him, "Today we will not go to the kindergarten, because we slept, tired, did not have breakfast, or just laziness." This can once and for all discourage a child from going to preschool and communicating with peers.
3. Do not leave the kindergarten abruptly, without saying goodbye to the baby, leaving him in the care of nannies. This can lead to the fact that the baby starts crying and hysteria, and no longer wants to go to the place from which his beloved mother retired, without having time to say goodbye to him normally, to cheer him up and tell him how much she loves him.
4. Try to feed your baby properly, regardless of his age and the number of milk teeth in his mouth. You should not give him food from jars, because when he goes to the kindergarten, no one will do it there. In addition, "canned food" slows down the development of the chewing and swallowing reflex in a child, which will lead to significant difficulties with his nutrition in kindergarten.
5. Try to make the baby follow the daily routine at home that is used in the kindergarten where you placed your child. Otherwise, it will be very problematic for the child to observe the two regimes, and this can disrupt his daytime sleep.
6. You shouldn't promise your kid mountains of gold in exchange for going to kindergarten. If you buy sweets or toys for your child every time just so that he goes to kindergarten, then pretty soon he will learn to manipulate you, and you will find yourself captive by his demands and by him. Therefore, be prudent and firm in your decisions, so as not to harm your baby, and not go all his life on his lead.
