Hi all,
Ive written a few posts before in the past, generally concerning my first son who’s turning 4 next month.
Long story short - a manager at a daycare centre (we would drop in every Fridays for a 2 hour play session) pulled me aside back in May and bluntly told me my son “definitely has something”. I immediately arranged a meeting with our health visitor who assured me my sons on track developmentally - but I have never got over her comment and causes me anxiety to this day.
My son has been attending nursery since September, and for a few weeks now doing full days. His teacher has pulled me aside and has noted that emotionally he’s behind the other children, and that we need to focus on his attention span. We had a parents evening last week which I was really nervous about - comments regarding his sensitivity and attention span were made but generally a positive meeting which I was very happy about.
He had his Christmas show today which I was looking forward to in weeks, he was sitting on the front row and when we waved over to him he wanted to leave his seat and come over to us and naturally the teacher didn’t let him. He turned his body around and put his head down for around half of the performance in tears until the teacher pulled him aside and handed him over to me and my husband. All the other kids were singing along, and it just ached my heart as my son was literally the only one who didn’t participate.
Am I just overthinking this? Is it normal for a young kid to do this? Again that daycare managers comments pops into my head when situations like this which could potentially be very natural arise..
Thoughts?
xo