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school bus drop-off at home was a disaster yesterday

bliss611bliss611 member
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And now DS has reverted back to his extreme separation anxiety from 5 months ago. Had to leave him at school crying like crazy.

First day of school and the bus was an hour late picking up the kids, they (bus or school) didn't call me or I would have had someone pick him up.

Soooo frustrated. We made so much progress with that over the last few months with this and he did so well going yesterday I was so happily surprised I even posted a brag comment. And then incompetent people screw it up. He has been horrific since he got home yesterday. SO upset.

I don't even know where to begin on fixing this.
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  • bumpuser511563bumpuser511563 member
    That sounds awful.

    I would have been so mad.


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    Thanks. I definitely have not been dealing with it well. I was very very upset this morning. Part of it his behavior and part of it was freaking out for an hour not knowing where your kid was since no one called and no one would answer their phones. I understand lateness happens, I still can't understand why parents weren't informed. Someone at the school was informed by the teachers that bus had not shown and neglected call the parents. Spoke to her and she apologized but didn't really give a reason why.

    Wouldn't be surprised if he was picking up on my vibes this morning at the school. But yesterday did throw him off - snuggled with my mom for a long while hen he got home and he never does that, would not sleep without me (hasn't done that in months), woke up and started crying when he realized it was a school day asking me to pick him up from school.

    He has been separating over the summer - for summer camp, for therapies, and even sitter for the first time. He was awesome when I dropped him off yesterday. He got jolted because most of his class and all of his friends in the class left (parent pick-up or other buses) and he wasn't picked up. Seems it brought out all his initial fears and anxieties about being away from home.


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  • CaptainSeriousCaptainSerious member
    I'm sorry.  That sounds so frustrating.
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  • funchickenfunchicken member
    We had a couple of bus mix-ups last year, and after the first one I made sure that DD knew what to do if she got on the wrong bus or missed the bus or what would happen if I wasn't at the bus stop to pick her up. A couple of times they had a different bus or driver which made the kids a little anxious. She felt better once she knew how to get a grown up to help her.
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