Here's little Nate right after preschool today. This was his third time, and the third time I dropped him off crying having to have his little fingers pried off of my legs and physically restrained by his teacher. You can imagine what that does to a Mom and only wonder what it does to the boy. It is, however, also the third time I picked up a very happy boy with teachers assuring me that he stopped crying 2 seconds after I left.
It's only preschool so why am I torturing both of us, you ask? With both Anna and Abby gone all day and most of Nate's friends in Kindergarten this year and a brother who naps a lot, I felt he would be bored without some social interaction. Plus, with his nervous tendency I figured that preschool would be a good way to prepare him slowly and safely to be an independent little Kindergartner next year. It's times like these I just have to pretend I know what I'm doing and pray like crazy. He's had to face a lot lately, we love Nate.
Oh and here's something I learned today, never dead-head your flowers in front of your 1 yr. old.
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Sad. That has to be wrenching to do something like that. But I am completely serious in saying that you've got to feel good about having equipped him with such an independent praying streak. I bet that really does help him feel like he can find comfort even when he's out on his own without you.
Most importantly, though, preschool is giving you a way to spend your money, as it is doing for us. I could not be more grateful for this service.
sad, ange, but I totally think your doing the right thing, not that you asked me or anything, but I think this will really prepare him for kindergarten, but man that has to be sooo hard. I am dreading stuff like that.
poor little guy.
what is dead heading?
what's on his ankle?
Dead-heading is when you pop the dead flower blossoms off so new ones can grow, don't you remember spending hours doing Mom's petunias?
His ankle has a wrap on it because the door hit his ankle and peeled a tiny layer of skin off and that's what it took to make him happy and get him to school.
Oh Ange, your words "you can imagine what that does to a Mom and only wonder what it does to the boy" are heartwrenching. There's surely nothing harder in the world than seeing your kids suffer. I feel so bad for both of you.
If he snaps out of it so fast though, it does seem that it's o.k., and is hopefully even strengthening. I'm sure your prayerful, loving, good judgement is going to keep guiding you to know what to do.
About the deadheading--I remember that too, and am very cautious about doing it in front of inexperienced but eager little eyes, with very capable fingers!
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