Does anyone else feel they are treated as neurotic?
DD (2.3) had first session at playgroup today. She has hypotonia and hypermobility and a mild motor delay. I talked to the playgroup leader in advance and explained and they said she would be given extra support etc, so i felt happy to send her as I really feel she should mix with other kids.
When I got there it transpired there was a concrete flight of stairs to garden and the kids are basically left to go up and down them. When I said I was worried I was just told "they are good at finding their way up and down".
I explained to the play leader that I am not just being a protective parent but that I am genuinely concerned for her welfare but you could clearly tell they all thought I was exactly that, a neurotic hovering mother.
So I have agreed to stay and give some extra help until she is physically confident there.
i appreciate it's my decision to send her to an NT playgroup, and that it's hard to supervise lots of toddlers but it just really gets me down sometimes. I had the same problem trying to get her supportive boots before she could walk as the people in the shoe shop wouldn't sell us them, even though I said her physio had recommended it.
It just got to me a bit today, am actually crying a bit just from a playgroup visit