My DS is 4, he's very shy and reserved with people or places he doesn't know well. He's very attached to me and his dad, even gets upset when we talk to people in the street, shop etc. He doesn't like loud noises, always covers his ears when going somewhere new in anticipation of noise I think.
He started a new preschool in September and he hasn't really settled in well. He's slow to get involved, has to be encouraged by staff and over the last couple of months, the first thing he says to me in the morning is "no preschool?" I don't want to lie to him so on the days he's going, I say yes its preschool and he gets really upset. He always cries going in. He doesn't want to see a particular child, always says "no Arthur" which I've mentioned to staff and this boy is one of the noisier kids which I just think my son doesn't like.
He's super happy when I pick him up but surely that's just cause he's happy to be going home? He tells me what he played with and says he liked it.
I just don't know whether to keep sending him there. It breaks my heart every time and I don't want him to be distressed. But he's only there til July and then starts school in September.
