Did I mention that William started preschool Monday? So far, drop offs have been very easy with him.
And then came today.
What a day!!! I should've known it would be a hard day, when my child would not leave willingly with me to go to preschool. He cried the ENTIRE way there. He had ten million excuses on why we had to come home.
"I'm sick. I'm very very sick today, Mommy!"
"I have to pee. Really bad."
"I'm very tired. I want to go sleep on my bed."
"I forgot to put the caterpillar back in her cage."
You name it, he had the excuse.
Then, upon arriving, the children were outdoors playing, and William just refused to let go of me. He was STILL crying. The only child crying. I stayed for 15 minutes trying to comfort him, but he continued to cry. I asked what I should do, because I did not want to bring him home, because that would just show him it was alright to skip school because he was nervous.
The teacher told me that I should just leave, and they would take care of him. She assured me that they comfort children when they are crying, and that a lot of children do the same thing when they first start.
So. I. Left. Feeling extremely guilty. I arrived home. I cried. I sobbed. I e-mailed my mom at work to tell her how upset I was.
Then I called the preschool to see how he was.
They told me he was much better, and enjoying a snack. I was able to relax a little after hearing this.
When I arrived to pick him up, his teacher gave me this:
She took these pictures today and made this, just to show me that he DID stop crying while I was gone, and he DID have a good time. I was so relieved!!!!!
Tomorrow, we start again!