Today was a rough one for moms and kids alike. Today was the first day of school for many of us. In a culmination of stress, worry, anxiety and relief, we departed with our children and let them ou of our arms and into the hands of another.
For me, the drama began last night. My son felt that his excitement over starting school entitled him to wake up at 3:00 in the morning. Hallelujah. Not. I tried to get him to go back to sleep. I ordered him back to sleep. That didn’t work. I gave him some milk. That didn’t work. I rubbed his back. That wasn’t sufficient. Finally I just gave up. Call me a bad mom. I don’t care. I turned on Disney and went to sleep.
Of course all of this backfired on me this morning. My over excited son was exhausted by 9:00 am. The once ready to go child suddenly felt that he was going to miss me. Did I metion he is in the second grade and goes to the same school with the same friends he has alwasy gone too? Yes, so missing me had nothing to do with it. He was simply tired.
What is a mom to do? I am a firm believer tht kids really should not break habits before they are even made. Of course, what was I thinking last night? (Yet what do you do with a child that can’t sleep?) So anyway I was determined that unless he could not stand on his feet he was going to school. The tears were merciless. It was way worse than kindergarten. A million times worse.
Well, I went back at 3:20 pm to pick my son up and he did just fine. His one complaint? The teacher wouldn’t let him put his down when he got tired. I told him that maybe he would sleep the whole night tonight.
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