Not to be in floods of tears at the prospect of DD's first day at school tomorrow?

[BlueyDragon]

I'm really excited for her, and it's a huge step in her life, and a big change for all of us. But a number of my friends/acquaintances with Reception age children seem to be going to drop their LOs off armed with Kleenex's output for the whole year. Should I be being more emotional about this?

No reaction is the right reaction!

If you have other children then the feelings are different when your youngest/only starts school.

At the end of the day, the child will be fine and it is usually the parent who stresses more than the kid

I can't bloody wait either! I've got 6 week old twins and a 2 year old a home, so the thought of Ds1 trotting off to school makes me want to punch the air - one less to worry about all day!

Thanks previously

One of the problems though is that I'm supposed to stay with DD on her first day, and although they don't usually do it, I am supposed to stay with DS too.

They are both in the same building so I'll probably manage it but

How is your DS doing starlight? I used to follow your threads on the SN boards but haven't been over there in a while.

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I was not crying like a footballer when my son started this morning either. Partly because he's been in nursery full time for the last couple of years and partly because he had developmental problems which now seem to have evened out so I'm very pleased to see him set out in the 'world' as it's been a bumpy ride. The thing I was most upset about was not being able to go through this rite of passage as a 'family' - I'm a recently single mum (not my decision) and and these kind of milestones sort of reinforce our situation when I see mum AND dad dropping them off/picking them up (sons dad lives in another country). To be honest, I've been through so much with ds/our family that I'm just bloody relieved that it seems to have quite smoothly.

StarlightMcKenzie Ach crikey, sounds like the old Mummy in two places at once whammy Bright side? Same building is a bit of a bonus, but doesn't stop your heart being pulled to bits over competing needs.

just about sums up the parenting experience on the whole...I hope it all goes better than you hope/wish/believe.

well Thank you for asking. I can't post too much here because I seem to have an internet stalker who 'reports' and we have a forthcoming tribunal (again ) but whilst we'll always be swimming upstream, I think if we can keep it up he'll do okay.

Well, that's the thing previously, I can't feel emotion about the kids because I think I'm more concerned about my own performance/endurance on the day

But I'll do what I always do and look at the clock as I leave and see an image of the clock telling the time just a few hours forward and know that by then it will all be over.....

YAsoNBU - ds doesn't start full time for another 2 weeks and neither he or I can wait. He loved loved loved preschool, knows & already worships his new teacher and is super-excited about the whole idea of school. Me too! I may shed a tear before I celebrate a new 6.5 hours of freedom 5 days a week with a glass of champagne large coffee and an uninterrupted hour with the paper.

StarlightMcKenzie It'll be better than you think...if only because both DC's are arriving at milestones in their lives.

Feel free to blub/be cool/sing 'Oh Happy Day', it's your big milestone day too

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you at the next tribunal starlight, I followed your last one, and ///////internet stalkers\\\\ (that's me slapping them).

My 3rd ds started today, I was a wee choked up when he put his uniform on.
Then we went to school (I teach there)
, he went out to play with his 2 big brothers till the bell rang. At 9 I went to get him to bring him to classroom and found my eldest son who is 9, had already brought him in and had photo taken with him by the teacher ( they do this every year). So I was robbed of my emotional moment and slagged all day by the rest of the staff for not bringing my own child to class!

Oh I can trump myself too. It is also dd's birthday on her second day in!

Thanks Well. Our case this time is unarguable (although being argued with). What we want this time is not only better, more efficient, more expertise, better outcomes, - it is also cheaper than their proposal.

And yet, they are still paying a solicitor to fight against us at tribunal for their right to put less efficient, more expensive provision in place

That's good starlight - from what I remember last time I think you knew it was just a case of biding your time and collecting the evidence in respect of your ds' progress to get the decision overturned at the next tribunal.

As for them fighting it when your proposal is cheaper though, thats just bloody mindedness!