Time to update on DD.
Things are settling down nicely. Phew! DD's biggest complaint after school yesterday was that someone had moved her plant. =) I got a nice email from her teacher yesterday, too, that said that during a movement class, DD had gotten up in front of the class with another student and done a dance! Ok, she has officially surpassed me. I don't do that!! Very proud I am, yes indeedy.
That doesn't mean that she doesn't still get anxious in the mornings. She does. Dry heaves are not uncommon. Or the complaint of a belly ache. But she likes school.
We went to a school picnic two days ago. Several kids came up to her asking if she wanted to play with them, or sit on their picnic blanket with them, etc. It was very cool. She shied away from them for the most part, but I think that was more a result of me and her father and other parents being there. Something tells me she would have been off with them in a flash had it been school recess or something. And occasionally during the night she would forget herself and start to run off. Very good stuff.
I am working with her on reading every night now, as she won't read to the teachers at school. But I am not giving her a hard time about it. As I've been telling hubby in the evenings, she's made such incredible strides, and completely because she chose to, that I do not feel the need to pressure her about the reading and lessons at this point. I'll just work with her at home to be sure she's keeping up. Her reading is very slow and reluctant. We worked on it a bunch this summer, but a couple weeks before starting the new school, we stopped. It really shows that she hasn't been working on it for a while. Her confidence has decreased, and her reading is elementary at best. But she'll get there. When she decides to!
And a quick note on the little girl in DD's class. DD told me a few days ago that she thought this girl wanted to be friends with everyone in the class but her. That seems to have completely changed. For one, she approached DD a lot during the picnic, and was very friendly with her. Then I get the email from the teacher saying they performed a dance together for the class. And DD informed me yesterday that this same little girl has invited DD to come to her house on Halloween. Awright! =)
Words from a proud Mama!
The Kit
4 months ago
I dropped 2 tears reading your post..... Umm I'm a very emotional person :) It is so great hearing how well she is doing! Sounds like this school is a great fit for her and is helping her get out of herself more and enjoy the world. I know it's hard but you are doing a really goodjob with her!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. She is really working hard and I"m so proud of her! It is very stressful for me to think that she is struggling, and to have to face new and scary stuff with an anxiety disorder (un-diagnosed, but very real) is just huge. She is my hero!
ReplyDeleteNow I have to face the fact that my son, who started nursery school last week, does not want to be in school. I have no problem with the thought of withdrawing him....but it is a cooperative school, so I am part of several committees and am expected to do quite a bit for the school, including volunteering 10 hours one weekend at their annual consignment sale..... It would be a load off to get rid of that stuff, but not easy....
From one stressful thing to the next. Ah, parenting! =)