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To not want to send DD to pre-school/nursery today.

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exasperatedmummy · 09/10/2008 08:46

Ok, so DD is starting nursery today, she is 3.3. I have been rather looking forward to it, looking forward to getting some time to myself and looking forward to DD getting some time to play with other children and get some independence. But today is the day and im full of butterflies, i don't want her to go, i feel sick. Once i hand her over to "school" then she is not my baby anymore! This i am sure happened with DD1, now 18 - she started play school and that was it, all of a sudden she was 18 and i don't know where the time went

Of course i am going to send her, i stay with her today but tomorrow i only get to stay for the first ten minutes. The irony being that she wont give a flying fart if im there or not as she will be happy playing. She has already said to me - "you can leave me there mummy and go to work".

My baby is a little girl now . She has speech delay but is getting better - yesterday she went into a shop by herself (i stood in the doorway with the dog) and asked for "i'd like a mini milk and a coke for my mummy" I could have cried with pride .

Oh, im all of an emotional quivver

OP posts:
fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 09/10/2008 08:52
belgo · 09/10/2008 08:53

She'll be fine, as you know. And a sentance that complicated is very good for a 3.3 year old with speech delay!

Starbear · 09/10/2008 08:56

Yep! It's not easy. I really, really didn't have a clue about my sister's feelings for my nephews until 18 years later I had a boy of my own. Sorry but I'm really looking forward to next September when DS is in school Freedom!! I'll probably cry my eyes out but all those things that I can get done at last. She sounds like a little star.

soon2be3 · 09/10/2008 11:04

I know the feeling.

Big hugs.

One moment dd1 is a baby, next thing I know she's at school.

exasperatedmummy · 09/10/2008 11:09

We had a lovely time this morning, DD did want me to play with her at first but then happily went off to investigate. The nursery is closed tomorrow so a tad as the plan was meant to be thurs and fri to settle then full on Monday. They must have known about this before - but no big deal really. Will be interesting to see how she is when I leave her - fine i suspect, it will be me who is all at sea.

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pamelat · 09/10/2008 13:30

Your post made me cry, am sure its 100% "normal".

DD is almost 9 months and I get upset about how fast she is "growing up" which is ridiculous really.

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