Hey everyone
I was wondering if anyone has any tips for me and my son who is starting school in September. He was quite excited about the prospect until he spent a bit of time meeting his new class and teacher (who is lovely) - and basically he cried through the whole lesson and said he was really sad as he missed us (me and his dad and sister) ... he has since become very moany, complains of being tired all the time, has tummy ache a lot, he is finding it hard to get to sleep and waking really early and will not be apart from us. He is also a really fussy eater normally but it is getting worse and today he refused to eat in front of other people (one of my friends and her two children). My friend says maybe he is scared of losing control and so is getting control back in every way he can - which could be true (he is very particular about the way things should happen and hates change)
But I am just worried about how he (and we) is going to cope in September when he has to wear a school uniform, be there all day and eat lunch there!
My partner says we should be stricter with him, I am cuddling him more and neither approach seems to be working
Any tips much appreciated!
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Separation Anxiety 4 year old starting school in September
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cazzyb67 · 05/08/2013 16:03
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