Am I the only one, stood here looking at my DD and thinking,
'nooooooooo, you can't be ready, you can't be about to leave me forever, they can't have you, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...'
I'm fine with it, really. It's just, well, there's only three and a half weeks to go.
How have others dealt with it? How will you deal with it? How will I react to it? Glad of the peace? Sad at the thought that someone else is now teaching her? Missing her company? Grateful for the time alone with DS?
And how do people deal with school politics? And then there's all those frightful stories I've read on here about dealing with other parents!
If you've been there, please come and help us. If you too are sitting around, pretending it's not about to happen, come here to carry on the pretence.
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Support thread for parents burying their heads in sandpits with PFBs off to school
MrsWembley · 15/08/2013 09:51
I'm here too. Tying myself in knots about uniform, what bag for what stuff and distracting myself from the fact my PFB DD is not a baby.
She's so excited she is counting down the sleeps. 
My eldest ds just turned 4 is also off to school in 18 days
have been putting off buying school uniform for ages and its all starting to sink in now, only school shoes left to get.
pretty certain I am going to be a blubbering mess when I return home after dropping him off, though ds is very excited to be going!
I was you last year.
It wil be FINE!
DS1 has had the best year of his life. He has adored his teachers, made new friends and tried so many new things. He is really excited about going back into Year 1, really excited.
In terms of politics and other parents, try not to read to much into what you read on MN. I was very apprehensive and got myself into a bit of a state, but the vast majority of parents are lovely and everyone is in the same boat.
Just smile, strike up a conversation or two. I help out in DS1's classroom with reading and that has been a real help in terms of getting to know a couple of others Mums and also seeing who DS1 was becoming friends with and so knowing who to invite for tea etc.
That's not to say that there haven't been a few hiccups along the way, second half term all the boys in his class went through a pushy-shovy phase and DS1 got very upset, but the school dealt with it very well and it all stopped very quickly.
First few weeks in September at my kids' primary school I offer hugs to crying new mums. I have a lot of sympathy as it is so hard to let go.
I went through the same with DS1, every time he started a new school. last September he started high school (year7) and I was a nervous rack the week before.
I felt ill on the day but by the weekend I was fine.
I don't cry anymore about my kids starting or leaving.
I can't wait for DS5 starting playgroup!
(we have a DD as well and planning more and I'm pretty sure that when my youngest starts primary and I'm finally free for the day I will celebrate with a champagne bath!
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Oh, thank-god, other people!
Making me feel better, although I haven't done anything about uniform yet other than pick up a couple of bits from the table-top sale at the settling-in sessions. Oh, and find out where to buy new stuff from.
My DD is going to our second choice and will know nobody there either, but she's quite good at taking over making friends so I'm trying, really trying to be not worried.
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I'll try to limit the photography to a quick snap on my phone as she heads up the road.
I'm looking at this time as good for my relationship with DS and his turn to be with me just on a one-to-one, as his sister had had for two years before he arrived. At the moment he only gets me to himself for a couple of afternoons a week whilst she's at nursery.
She's having a sleepover at her nursery this Friday. That'll be a test - for us!!
I've checked over the school list hundreds of times (or at least it feels like hundreds of times) and have most of her uniform ready, just need plimsolls, PE bag and some tights.
I don't know anyone at the school, but DD had made a new friend by the end of the induction day, they even walked up the school drive holding hands and chatting then hugged each other good bye
The school she is off to is brilliant and absolutely perfect for DD. She's counting down the days, telling me about all the things she's looking forward to and loves her uniform but I am so not ready for her to go!
Ds1 (pfb) is off, he's so excited and can't wait. I'm rather more nervous, I'm pleased with my choice of school and I'm sure he'll settle fine but it's the whole feeling that that's it now, no more free time together whenever we want to/work allows, it's all so much more regimented and controlled.
I feel sad that by the time he's finished school he'll be all grown up and won't be my cuddly little boy who runs to give me a big kiss after nursery .
Can I join in? DD starts in a little under 3 weeks. She has mild cerebral palsy so I'm a little nervous about handing her to someone else for the day in case she falls and hurts herself. She is more than ready for school though and very excited.
I was sorting through her uniform today and I think I've gone a bit OTT... we have 10 polo shirts (9 plain and 1 logoed), 6 cardigans (2 logoed), 3 pairs trousers, 2 skirts and 5 pinafore dresses! I kept buying them from different supermarkets so I could see which washed best! 
We have 5 weeks until they are in full time though, so it won't feel too different to playgroup to start with, and then she's having an op in Nov which will need 3 or more weeks off school. So much for losing her!
lol Galena, thats a lot more than I've bought! If her polo shirts are white you can't actually have too many according to my mum, she swears blind she would be rich by now if she hadn't had to keep replacing the white shirts we ruined as kids.
my little princess goes on the 3rd and she does full days from the start, I'm a little jealous of all these parents with half days to ease them in.
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We have two and a half weeks of half days. Well one week of afternoons, one week of mornings, including lunch if we want, then a couple of days of mornings including lunch, before full days. I think that works quite well, although if I was working right now it would be a nightmare! I do wonder how working parents cope with the sudden change from full-time nursery to part- time hours. I know there are clubs and things but not all schools provide these things and, by the sound of it, good childminders are hard to find.
Well done to those of you organised enough to be at the sewing/ironing on stage of labels.
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