My son is starting Reception this year (a few days after his 5th birthday) and he still seems so emotionally young for it.
Me and DH have always wondered if he’s on the spectrum in some way as he just seems quirky in a way we can’t quite put our fingers on.
I don’t know…..he just seems immature at times with his behaviour, his speech isn’t always clear, he gets his past/present/future tenses mixed up and he just seems so babyish in some ways.
He’s always gone to a childminder so has never been with large cohorts of children and he has always been the oldest one in his childcare setting so I’m not sure whether he’s simply not ‘needed’ to grow up and still acts younger as he’s always been with younger children.
He has an older brother (he’s 8) and I don’t remember having these feelings or worries when he started reception.
I don’t know if I’m overthinking it and my youngest is within the realms of normal’, or whether there is something ‘off’ or whether being at school will lead him to maturing a little, or whether compared to the other children he’s going to seem really immature…
I just have lots of things going through my head.
We’re meeting his teacher in a few months so I know I can discuss it all with her but my worries are just preying on my mind.
I guess I just need to see how he responds to being in the school environment and see if things change. And if there does seem an issue of any kind I’m sure the teachers will raise it with me anyway.
Why is having children so stressful.