Who had trouble getting their dc's to go back to school today/yesterday?

[Marne]

Poor dd2 really didn't want to go to school this morning, we had crying, kicking, screeming and begging . Luckily dh is home so helped me get her into school, her 1:1 was there to help and they managed to drag her of dh (while i watched from a distance) and distracted her with a puzzle. Dd1 was also crying because dd2 was upset and she stayed with her whilst they calmed dd2 down.

One good thing did come ou of all the fuss, dd2 used sentances to get her point across (usually uses single words), she clearly said 'i don't want to go to school' and 'take dd1 to school, take dd2 to toysrus' . She can clearly communicate when she needs to.

Fingers crossed she manages a full day at school and i hope tomorrow is easier.

Did anyone else have problems with the first day back?

Got him into school today and ignored him even though he kept saying he is only going in for a short time. Seems quite cheerful.

Good luck with the 'not saying the S word approach'. We tried that and it worked sometimes.

Good luck brandy.

I haven't been able to get mine dressed all week, never mind leave the room!! Nothing works on my son, no bribes, no redirection, no bartering, no incentives etc......

Dd2 is at school and didn't cry! (just faint whimpers). She wen't in, took her coat off (chucked it on the floor) and went off with a TA (even kissed me good bye).

All the fuss yesterday was deffently worth it.

Her teacher is going to phone me at lunch time but if she stays happy then she can stay all day.

Brandy- i hope you managed to get him into school and i hope it gets easier once he is there.

yay Marne! :)

ds had an okay day yesterday :)

moody as hell this morning, but we just take it one day at a time.

That was fun today -turned out little cherub of a daughter hadn't done her homework which was due in today after giving me a load of hassle about not wanting to go yet again!!

well done marne.

no luck with my son, he went from an angry tornado to a quivering wreck until 10am

im frantically texting mums at school asking them to pop in with his classmates after school so he sees them and might make going in not so scarey, gona drop him at mums with some worksheets now so i can go food shopping and have an hour break from him.x

Not saying the C word worked at schristmas, so we've done not saying the S word - unless he brings up the subject himself and even then, I refuse to enter a pissing contest with him on the subject.

The loss of all screen time for the rest of eysterday (after he said he wanted to kill me) sunk in, anyhow. He started up grumbling as soon as he got home, but was distracted by the arrival of the scooter he'd bought with his birthday money. He soon forgot his anger.

This morning, he didn't want any breakfast again, but DH had at least told him he could only have his DS after breakfast. He eventually did ask for some breakfast and ate it without whinging. He got out his DS, I reminded him of the consequences if he got angry and shouty when it was time to put it away and get his coat on... and it all sunk in! He was even impatient to get going while I had to pause to change DS2's dirty nappy at 8:30!

Of course he could be in just about any mood when I go to pick him up!

I had to pick dd2 up after lunch again (which means i have to go back again to pick dd1 up at 3.30), they have a different teacher this afternoon so they felt it was best dd2 came home early incase she got upset, have also been told to pick her up early tomorrow because friday afternoon has a different routine than the rest of the week and again they don't want to upset her.

She was happy when i picked her up but pleased to be going home.

brandy -sory you didn't manage to get him there, its so hard when they are so upset and even if you did get him there in the state he was in he wouldn't have leart anything. I hope you can get some of the other children to come and persuade him to go in.

hi my as son is refusing to go to school point blank have spoken to senco and am trying to get him to do half days as he accepts that more than a full day school not happy but tha alternative is him not going at all cant drag him as it involves a bus ride good luck to everyone else dealing with this

HI autumn, I have education coming to my house for a meeting about my son. He hasn't been to school since they went back in September. He won't leave the hose at all. So will let you know ideas we come up with.

thanks devientenigma i would really appreciate that as im at my wits end with the situation

Had an awful morning but he is in. Woke up early and said he refused to go in etc. Tears, tantrums, spitting... BUT I got him in without manhandling him.

Feel dreadful though and am in tears. Problem is, I think he would learn so much more at home with me ... and he said he wanted to do work with me at home.

trying- i feel auful making dd2 go in , i hate seeing her upset, at the moment i feel i have no option but to send her, the sn school wont take her as she has no learning problems, language unit wont take her as her language has improved, i would like to home ed but can't afford to (i really need to get a job) and i don't know where to start. Dd2's social skills and language skills improved so much after being home for 3.5 weeks, i'm sure she would be better off at home.

We had tears this morning but the TA took her off me before she (and i) got too upset. I'm picking her up at 1pm and she has monday off for an OT appointment. We will see what next week brings.