MrsF - you were online last night and I was yacking for nearly 3 hours but felt that as my keyboard is noisy, I couldn't reply to your query about ds's new school.
I have just put ds to bed so have a few minutes:
The first day, I called the office at lunchtime to ask how he was doing (was told I could) and he was "doing fine". When I saw his teacher at the end of the day, she said that no one would have been able to tell he was the new boy in the class....
The second day in and she told me he had made loads of new friends and they all thought he was great. The boys in his class all think he is a hero....?
The third day, he was saying he wanted to come back to school again really quickly as he loves it so much. Was told by my friend's child who is in his class that he was going upto the Year 6 boys and asking if they wanted to fight him! I asked him about it and he said "I'm only playing mummy!" (silly me for worrying!)
The fourth day and he came out of school limping and COVERED in mud (new school uniform and shoes - buggered). It was an accident though and he was more upset that I would shout at him for getting SOOOO dirty, which I didn't (although I still have to tackle his shoes tonight and they look like they belong to Shrek).
His teacher said he has had a great first week but they had noticed that there was a need for supervision at lunchtime as there were a few problems but to let him settle in for a fortnight and then meet to discuss.
This has taken the new school 4 days to see this, and 2 years for his old school to admit there is a problem that needs addressing. Amazing.
However, not on a school note, but because I am worried, ds told me last night that he has thoughts when he is at home (more probably when he is upset), that he wants to stick something in his eye - something like a stick or something sharp. I was gobsmacked and told him gently that if he did this it would really hurt and he would have to go to hospital (he is very scared at even the thought of pain). Does anyone have any ideas about this or come across it? He does self harm and has been doing it slightly more at the moment, but he does have a CAMH appt on Friday which is good.
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Chocol8 · 17/04/2005 20:53
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