suddenly having dropoff/seperation anxiety issues?!
My DS is almost 3.5. He started preschool when he turned 3, and it was a much smoother, easier transition than I had expected, as he is quite shy and slow to warm up to new people & places and he has never gone to daycare or anything. However, his preschool is very very small (only 3-5 other kids on any given day), and we prepared for it a lot. Anyway, he never cried or anything and has loved preschool... until this week! He randomly cried a ton when I dropped him off yesterday and was upset for a while apparently. He did end up being ok and having a good second half of the day. And then today I was relieved that he did not cry at dropoff (although he tried to stall me a ton) but apparently he cried off and on later in the morning, saying he wanted me. His teacher and I are baffled, as this is such a change and he was fine for almost 6 months!
Has anyone else had a preschooler who had no problem at first, but developed seperation issues much later? This too shall pass, right?
Re: suddenly having dropoff/seperation anxiety issues?!
I think you're right- it'll pass. It'll be tough in the meantime, but don't hang around too long even if he's upset. When I taught preschool I had a parent who would stay for 30 minutes. She's read to him and walk him around, etc, and it was impossible for me to start the day.
He could be having a growth spurt or coming down with something or have developed a new anxiety. Don't stress it too much, and if he doesn't want to talk about it don't push him.