The word on the street these days is all
\n about “back to school” and after several people asked me when
\n Lex starts preschool I figured I should figure it out. There is
\n a preschool “open house” on 8\/26 and I was thinking school
\n started after Labor Day, but SURPRISE, it starts on 8\/27!!
\n Geesh!! I’m glad I looked. He’ll be going from 8-11am, five
\n days a week. Eeek!! I’m so not ready! I don’t even know what he
\n needs. Do preschoolers need backpacks? Snacks? Spare clothes
\n (ok, I know he needs that one!) Pens, pencils, notebooks (just
\n kidding, he’d better not need those!) I was planning on getting
\n all of these questions answered at the open house, but I guess
\n that’s pretty last minute.<\/p>\n
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\n note, I’m reading a book called “Protecting
\n the Gift” by Gavin De
\n Becker<\/span><\/a>. It’s a good book and has a lot
\n of information about trusting your instinct and teaching
\n children how to handle themselves in the world, but it’s also
\n kind of scary. I finished a chapter about selecting a daycare,
\n which included tons of questions to ask your provider… of
\n which we asked maybe one. I did some research but largely went
\n with a place that felt comfortable. Tonight I just finished a
\n chapter on safety at school with even more questions a good
\n parent should ask and know about their schools. I’m feeling
\n very much like NOT a good parent :( Our criteria for
\n preschool…. it’s free! I don’t know the teacher’s name (I
\n have it written down somewhere, I think), I’ve only been to the
\n place once and have never been inside, I have no idea about
\n anything about the school (safety record, policies, procedures,
\n principal, etc.) and I’m about to bring my son there five days
\n a week for the next 10 months!! Eeeekkk!! I’m feeling very
\n inadequate at the moment. So much so that I can’t even sleep :(
\n Luckily hubby is nice enough to get up and watch some TV with
\n me (after my cathartic blog post). Maybe some Jon Stewart and
\n Stephen Colbert will help ease my mind. <\/p>\n
\n that before bed!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"