Trouble with 3 year old sleeping and daycare drop offs

Advice

My youngest is 3. We just moved to a new area and started daycare. We’ve been here about a month and have had some real issues. We’re staying at my in laws and moving into a house in early July.

Drop off at daycare is really bad. He screams and cries, but his teachers say he’s fine within 3-5 mins and one of their easier kids. This wasn’t a problem before we moved.

Going to sleep at night and putting himself down has become an issue. He keeps calling us in, says he’s scared, and has a real hard time putting himself to sleep when he first goes down and when he wakes up in the night. This also wasn’t a problem before we moved. We had some bad rough patches at points, but we had a greet sleep schedule and routine before we moved.

We’ve established a routine here, but it doesn’t seem to be helping. My wife hates the idea of letting him cry it out, especially with how upset he gets at daycare. I don’t like the idea either, but it’s been a month. It’s pretty exhausting having an hour bedtime routine at the end of the day.

Has anyone experienced something like this? Did anything help? Thanks!

Posted Jun 4, 2026, 12:54 AM UTC

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