 [ Symptoms ] cigarette burns – will not go away [ Disease ] most children are pretty adaptable and a quality daycare setting should be appealing to him pretty early on nurturing adults interesting activities engaging peers for play  phasing it in part time may be a good idea but if that is not possible then not to worry trying to identify an ideal time is almost academic  realistically although we want to protect our children from preventable major emotional traumas there is no reason to think that placement in a different quality daycare will be a major trauma for him as for mild anxiety with the unfamiliar i suspect your son will quickly adapt with no adverse long term consequences