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To be upset that DD is going to school on Tuesday?

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milkteef · 01/09/2012 14:07

I'm probably being a bit PFB about it. She has not long turned 4 so is one of the youngest in her class but she is more than ready to go. I'm not. I'm sat here almost in tears at the thought that in three days she will be off to 'real' education. No doubt DD2 will keep me occupied but in January she starts a SureStart playgroup and I feel like I'm about to have limbs cut off me.

Anyone else feel or has felt like this? Tell me this time next year I'll be excited for school to start! :(

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Catrin · 01/09/2012 21:45

Dd is going back on Wednesday and will be in Y2. I hate her going back. I love, love, love the holidays with her and I am always so sad when term starts, knowing I have to wait 6 weeks or so till I get her all day every day for a while.

cupcake78 · 01/09/2012 21:48

I'm a mess! Ds can't wait he's going to have a great time. Ive cried about it for the last 2weeks. It's very normal apparently

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milkteef · 01/09/2012 22:51

I'm glad it's normal. All I hear about are friends who can't wait to send theirs off and I feel very odd. I hope the other mum's are friendly too. I don't have many mum friends and the two I do have don't go to our school.

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cherrypez · 02/09/2012 18:09

My DD starts school on Thursday and the part that breaks my heart is that I won't be there to send her off, or even get her dressed :( I teach in a Secondary school so will be already on my way to work when she gets up. Teaching sucks sometimes :(

Glittertwins · 02/09/2012 18:13

Our two start Tuesday. I'm not that bothered really as they have been in nursery for 4 years, 3 days per week. I'm still thinking about having a whole free Friday to myself!!

darksideofthemooncup · 02/09/2012 18:23

My Dd starts on Tuesday and I was fine about it until today when I was sorting out her uniform. It all seems too soon

SamuelWestsMistress · 02/09/2012 18:28

Well I clearly have no soul because I couldn't bloody wait for mine to start! My DD has just started and will be onto full days from tomorrow. It'll be just me and DS2 until next Jan when he starts nursery and I will have 2 1/2 hours of child free time every day!

As much as I adore my kids I can't bloody wait. DH works weekends and so being with the kids really becomes too much of a good thing at times!

WhatWouldVegansDo · 02/09/2012 18:29

Could you homeschool?

SamuelWestsMistress · 02/09/2012 18:31

I should add I am really looking forward to the few months of just time with DS2 with no pregnancy or younger baby to worry about (he will definitely be the last one out!)...I'm not entirely evil!

seeker · 02/09/2012 18:34

Can't decide whether it would help or not for me to say that mine are going into year 7 and the 6th Form this week, and I still hate it when the school year starts.

On balance I think it won't help- but I've said it anyway!

ArgyMargy · 02/09/2012 18:51

You could have another baby?

Liz79 · 02/09/2012 21:14

My pfb dd is going on wed. I also have 2yo ds. He is going to nursery for the morning. I am going to come home & sob myself silly. I can tell. I feel bereft at the thought. This thread has set me off. The bit in the film mamma mia where they sing "slipping through my fingers" always does it. It's a lovely mother & daughter song that I relate to a lot.

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milkteef · 02/09/2012 21:17

No homeschooling and no more babies for a long long time.

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lovebunny · 02/09/2012 21:18

i'm going to school tomorrow and i'm not happy.

you could always home educate. i have to go for the money.

Liz79 · 02/09/2012 21:37

I don't care about dh going back tomorrow. I am heart broken about dd on wed. Everything is going to change. I don't like it.

NoJusticeJustUs · 02/09/2012 22:10

I'm glad it's not just me, pfb is starting next week, she only turned four last week !
I'm in absolute bits about it, feel like I'm losing the baby she still is.

Dp just tells me to get a grip

Liz79 · 02/09/2012 22:18

Very happy to find a (naked) little lady asleep in my bed :)

SundaeGirl · 02/09/2012 22:23

My PFB started school 10 days ago, I'm still struggling. He is not. He loves it.

happierhigherstrongerwheezing · 02/09/2012 22:26

I don't want my ds 4.2 to go to school on wednesday.
Apart from grandparents, nobody has looked after him, I feel as if it's the end of our time together, which has been wonderful.
I'm sad now

LucieMay · 02/09/2012 23:30

It really wasn't a big deal for me or ds. He'd been going to nursery full time for two years so the only real change was the location and uniforms! He actually found the transition to year one much harder as he said they had to start doing real work and that he loved reception because it was just like nursery and they played all the time!

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milkteef · 02/09/2012 23:36

Nobody has ever looked after DD apart from me or DP for more than two hours. She has been going to the nursery attached to the school for a year five days a week for two and a half hours though so it's like a very extended nursery, I guess.

The school has a good reputation and I hope to get in with the parents association so I can be involved too. It might make me insane but it also may help.

I'm going to be a wreck. All of her uniform is washed and I gave her hair a trim tonight. Tomorrow is ironing and hoping for the best. Good luck to you all. Report back!

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milkteef · 04/09/2012 08:47

Anyone already started? DD goes after lunch today for two and a half hours.

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GWenlockMaryLacey · 04/09/2012 09:25

Yep, DD1 has gone in. Very subdued but she didn't actually cry. Helped that her best friend was pushing her parents out of the gate but they're not in the same class :(

I, on the other hand, am now on the sofa howling like a banshee...

NameChangeGalore · 04/09/2012 09:35

My DD starts tomorrow :(. My DH is going into work a bit later so he can drop her off the first day with me. Very nervous and might shed a little tear!

littlemisssunny · 04/09/2012 09:56

My youngest starts on Thursday and I'm already a wreck!! No chance of any more babies for me, my eldest goes into year 2 which also scares me a bit, the last year of infants.

Though I have been volunteering in reception class one morning a week so I know the staff and the set up and I know he is going to love it.

I am applying to become a home start volunteer and am going to take up knitting so I should be able to fill my time, but it's still hard!

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