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There's nothing worse than separation anxiety when you drop off your little ones. Leaving a crying child can be heart-breaking. Channel Mum vloggers share their experiences and give some great tips for dealing with it. Do you or your child suffer from separation anxiety? What has helped you? Leave a comment below to let us know. Watch other mum's experiences here: http://bit.ly/CMSepAnxiety Taking part in this video are: Natasha: http://bit.ly/CMNatasha Jules: http://bit.ly/CMJulesF Leanne: http://bit.ly/CMLeanne Katie Ellison: http://bit.ly/CMKatieE Sarah Cantwell: http://bit.ly/CMSarahCant Subscribe here for more videos from Channel Mum: https://www.youtube.com/user/channelmum Channel Mum is the UK's first YouTube community for mums. We bring together the best of YouTube mum talent to reveal the honest face of parenting. Channel Mum partners with talented creators and vloggers who make fresh, relevant and honest video content and help mums to find and grow their vlogging voice on YouTube. Add your Channel: http://bit.ly/CMJoinIn Website: http://www.channelmum.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/channelmum Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/channelmum Instagram: https://instagram.com/channelmum/

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I used to sit in the car outside playschool torturing myself. I\'m sure my anxiety rubbed off on him.

Really good tips here ... and it\'s just really good to know you\'re not the only one going through it.

Thanks for this ladies. Baby girl will be going to nursery in July, I am already panicking. It makes me feel sick every time I think about it :-( Maybe some reviews for a good waterproof mascara would be good :-)

Some great tips there CM! My tip would be don't prolong it, say your goodbyes and get out that door. Mum guilt is always going to kick but just remember that within 5 minutes of you leaving, they've stopped crying and are having a wail of a time :)

For me, it's like ripping a plaster off. Even if he's crying I say 'bye bye, love you, see you later' and I turn and leave. I don't even look back. Gives me a pain in my heart but know it's the best way X

Great tips! I especially agree with Jules in that always tell them you're leaving! It prepares them and also you can start to build and gain trust in that you will come back! Xx

Great tips - I know the feeling well. When my daughter started nursery they had to wrench her off me and the screams... It was painful. But it's always a phase. It will pass. It helps to remember that!

Good tips as always! My daughter is hating being separated at the moment, every time I leave the room it's like I won't come back. Hard phase to deal with, xxxx

Fab tips. Its so tough leaving little ones. One of my boys never looked back, walked through the door full of self confidence......Boy number two was a completely different story. He made each drop off torture!! I would get in the car and cry then phone a little later and he would be fine....they know how to press those buttons!!

Such a lovely vid. Some fab tips from lovely Mum's. xx

I know this is something I will struggle with when Jay starts pre-school, it was hard leaving him with my inlaws at first but I knew it would be good for him to spend time with his grandparents. Great tips here thank you xx

It's so important to create trust and this is earned, by communicating, reassuring and holding your promise to be back when you say you will. My nursery manager gave us such vital advice on how to help Bibi settle into nursery and be ok with the drop off. Never sneak out and keep the good bye short and sweet. Say you'll be back after play time/nap time/tea time or whenever it is you'll be back and make sure that you stick to that plan. Starting off with little short periods of separation repeating this method will earn their trust and eventually they will feel safe with longer periods of separation. Make sure your nursery allows you to do trial runs and gradually increase your time time away instead of leaving them for a whole day the first time. We found that leaving a family picture in her bag helped so the staff could get it out when she was feeling sad and she loved pointing at the pictures and saying 'mummy daddy Bibi' to reassure herself and the staff were great at reassuring her with this. She didn't need it for long. Great video lovely ladies, so glad we've all seen the light at the end of the tunnel! bless their cotton socks. To be honest I think I found it just as hard as my baby did. x

please please do a video on dummy weaning

Could have done with seeing this yesterday after dropping off a hysterical child 😬 but all those tips are so helpful and just reassuring you're not the only one!! xx

I've been leaving my son with my sister since he was 8 months old so I can go to work (he was 2 in january) and I feel like it doesn't matter where I go or when I'm going he knows that I'm coming back after. he is so independent aswell and I really think the earlier you start to let them now that you can go somewhere without them but you will be back it really helps xxxxx

Do you or your child suffer from separation anxiety? What’s helped you overcome it?