After a nice solitary trip to the grocery
\n store this afternoon I took my double stroller and walked over
\n to pick the kids up at daycare. Sweet, huh? I got lots of funny
\n looks for walking with an empty double jogger, but that’s ok. I
\n got there to find Lex sitting on the steps and on the verge of
\n tears. Everyone was outside playing and as soon as he saw me he
\n said “Oh!” and walked over to get his shoes. I sat down, he
\n crawled into my lap and started crying. He said he was too
\n tired and needed me to put his shoes on for him so he could go
\n home. I think he had a tough day. They daycare teacher said
\n that he was pretty stubborn about following their schedule and
\n argued about not wanting to go out, or come in, or lay down, or
\n play here, etc. She said he threw a pretty big tantrum and one
\n of the teachers held him in her arms until he calmed himself
\n down. I felt bad for him and bad for her and secretly a little
\n happy that I had a day off from it all. <\/p>\n
Eve noticed me a minute later (still sitting with Lex) and
\n she ran over and said “Mommy! You came back for us!” Not sure
\n what she was expecting, but she seemed pretty surprised and
\n happy to see me again. Then she proceeded to tell me all about
\n how I left and they played and I went to work “at daddy’s
\n office” (nearby, really) and then “You came back for us!” She’s
\n cute. The teacher said she did awesome all day. I think it
\n caught up with her though. About half way home she started
\n crying and couldn’t control herself. When we got inside I
\n cuddled her and asked why she was crying and she said, “I don’t
\n know, I can’t stop crying.” (words I think she learned from
\n Lex’s tantrums) They were both pretty exhausted from the day.<\/p>\n
At dinner I asked Lex if he had fun
\n today and he said yes, he had a lot of fun. Soo… I guess
\n we’ll see how next week goes. I hate to see him having tantrums
\n and being so upset, but he’s going to preschool in the fall and
\n he’s going to have to get used to other people’s schedules
\n sooner or later. I think it would be better to have this
\n adjustment in a daycare setting instead of a school setting.
\n That makes sense, right? Sometimes I think he’s like a delicate
\n flower and when handled well he thrives, but put in a situation
\n he’s not used to he just rebels. I try to be accommodating to
\n him (maybe too much so) but it’s draining on me and Alan and
\n probably even Eve. I also know that he won’t get those special
\n accommodations in school and part of growing up is learning how
\n to handle yourself in situations outside of your control.
\n Right? Anyway, I think (hope!) he’ll adjust after a few days
\n and I’m still confident that this will be best in the long
\n run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After a nice solitary trip to the grocery store this afternoon I took my double stroller and walked over to pick the kids up at daycare. Sweet, huh? I got lots of funny looks for walking with an empty double … Continue reading