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So nervous about preschool

lindzedlindzed
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Adam starts preschool 2 days a week next week and I am beyond nervous.  It's an amazing place and truly a miracle our name finally came up on the wait list.  I know this will be great for him and it's a wonderful environment where they are very prepared to handle his special needs.  That said I have never left my son and with his limited receptive language it's hard to explain to him that he is going to stay and play and I really will come back.  To add o the situation my husband is in the army and has been gone for 1 month of training and has 4 more months, so he has already seen one parent go somewhere and not come home.    Any words of advice?
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Re: So nervous about preschool

  • houndbabyhoundbaby member
    I was really nervous about my ds going to EI preschool two days a week at first, but he's always excited to go and he comes home happy. The first day I dropped him off I thought he would freak out because he's very attached to me, but he just took off for the toys and I left without him noticing. I just didn't make a big deal out of it and things were fine.
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  • MirandaHobbesMirandaHobbes member
    It'll be one of the best things you'll ever do. He's going to become more mature, and he'll probably totally surprise you with how well he'll acclimate! DS is about to turn 4 and we're just now at the point where I think we could drop him off at the Ikea kids area without a meltdown. We just joined the YMCA for the same reason- he loves the big kids play area and understands that we'll come back. After a few days your DS will understand the routine. DS still needs assurances that we will pick him up later. At your DS' age it was all about distracting him with cool toys as I left. His teachers always said he'd kindof whimper when he noticed I was gone, but he was easily distracted again.
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  • malcivarmalcivar member

    I know how you feel.  When DS got his official dx, step 1 was to get him into center-based therapy and that meant going to "school" 5 days a week for 2 hrs.  I thought that it was going to be such a hard experience for him.  I couldn't have been more wrong.  Day 1, DH drove him (we didn't have bus service yet) and said he had no problems.  Day 2, I rode the bus with him.  I tried not to interact with him too much and he was 100% fine.  He liked looking out the window and eventually fell asleep - same thing on the ride home.  He also smiled a lot because one of the other kids "sings" on the way home.  

    When we got to the school, there were no tears, no fuss, nothing.  Kids - even our kids - can be amazingly adaptable sometimes.  Now, he loves going to school and even seems a little bored on days when there's no school.   I know with me the lesson I learn (and am still learning) is that DS takes cues from how we act.  If I'm freaking out, he freaks out.  If I'm ok, then he's ok.  Maybe that will work for you too.  :-)

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