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September 23, 2005
a-chicking out
The Bean is having a really hard time adjusting to his new daycare. I can't say as I blame the kid; he went from being in a Montessori environment run by a multi-cultural group of the kindest, most engaged and loving women in the whole history of childcare to being (barely) supervised by a couple of gum-cracking teenagers in a weird suburban strip mall. He literally GREW UP in his other, most beloved daycare, having been there since he was sixth months old. The one thing that made me cry leaving Seattle was having to say goodbye to his lead teacher who may as well have been his second mother. Where we live now, you have to be three to reap the benefits of Montessori so we are having to tough it out at this other place.
We've been trying to get him into the spirit of things by talking about making new friends and what fun he'll have going outside etc., but man it is so hard to leave him there. In the mornings when he is getting ready, he'll start to cry, then kind of catch himself and give himself a little pep talk that goes "Okay! Nice school, no crying!" I tell him it's OK to cry if he is sad, but that there really is no reason to be sad, school will be fun and I'll pick him up soon and blah blah blah.
Now that I am working again, my husband is dropping Bean off in the mornings. Today the Bean came up to my home office to kiss me goodbye and started looking at little stack of pictures I had on my desk. I asked if he wanted to take one of the pictures to school to show his teachers and friends and he got very excited and carefully selected one.
I just asked my husband how the drop-off went and he said not so good. When they arrived, the Bean started crying even before they got in the door. Once inside, he realized he didn't have anyone to show the picture to since he still doesn't know anyone. My husband said he then got really embarrased and stood clutching the picture to his chest and sobbing. Here is the picture.
I am going to go die now.
Posted by Max at September 23, 2005 05:37 PM
Comments
OOOH...poor Bean trying to adjust to the new daycare! Glad you guys survived the move ok and hopefully you can adjust to the culture shock of moving West to East! :-)
Posted by: Weetzie at September 30, 2005 06:50 PM
Dude, you are killing me...
Posted by: Teddie at October 6, 2005 11:31 PM