Highlights► Toddlers’ day care entry and their settling-in processes. ► At entry to care, toddlers’ levels of affect and interaction were low. ► Overall, change in toddlers’ behaviour over the first four months in care was less than expected. ► Significant individual differences in change in all measured areas of behaviour. ► Significant associations between toddlers’ affect, interaction and exploratory interest.
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