Settling into a new school

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Any advice from parents who have experienced something similar and can give me hope please. My 8 year old DS has just started a new school and is funding it really hard to settle in. He's been making himself ill worrying about each day. He's been there for a week and a bit so far and I know that it will take time as the whole set up is very different to his old school, but he seems to be getting worse rather than better as time goes on. The staff have been great, and he does already know one boy in his class. He has anxiety attacks every morning as we drive to,school, he's finding it hard to sleep and says he feels sick most of the day so he's not eating his lunches. I don't know what to,do to help him.

I don’t have advice but am going through something similar with my 7 year old DS. We’re now on week 4 and it’s getting better slowly.
We asked for a meeting with the new teacher and he spoke to her about his anxiety and worries about being left out. I think it might have helped him to see me and his teacher have noticed his feelings and that they matter.

We are also doing as many play dates as I can find with kids in the new class, relaxing home rules so he can play video games his classmates are into and trying to be more patient with tantrums than usual. Good luck, I really feel for you, it’s so hard to watch your child struggle