To not take excited 4 year old to his first lesson

[JustSaltPlease]

Arggg help me out. Meant to take son to first swimming lesson today, he's been asking about it for a while.

Problem number 1 is I have a heavy period, although this isn't a massive bother.

Problem 2 is my puppy sitter has let me down and my little pup isn't used to being alone yet, between school pick up and lesson I'd be gone around 1.5 to 2 hours. So please confirm that I have to let my son down!

Dp saying to leave puppy in kitchen but God knows what stress he will be under and subsequently what damage he will do!

She didn't.

And also, thinking about this ... I'm pretty sure when my dd was 4 while she might have been a bit disappointed by missing an eagerly anticipated swimming lesson, she wouldn't have been 'distressed'. She'd almost certainly have been more upset at the idea of leaving her puppy bewildered and unhappy. 4yos aren't all self centred spoilt brats with no feelings for a dumb animal.

If you've got an NT 4yo who'd be seriously 'distressed' by a rather minor disappointment then maybe you need to work on their resilience a little before lecturing mothers capable of working out a happy win-win.

Touché

I think you need a puppy crate.

You can't just whack a puppy in a crate for an extended period and expect them to want to ever go in it again...