When we started Sully at his pre-school back in November we knew it would be hard. We had no idea it would turn into two months of crying, screaming bloody murder, clinging and a real hatred for school....even going as far as walking around the house crying "no school today".....complete torture for me! When you go back to work you want to know your child is geniunely happy and being taken care of. I had ta feeling somethin wasn't right but because we had really never been apart this long, I just assumed is was merely seperation anxiety and was told by the school that he woudl get over it eventually. After the first few weeks and it had only gotten worse, I started noticing that the school must be understaffed bc there were never enough teachers in the class and on a few occasions I would bring him to school and there would be NO teacher in the classroom. When this would happen I would wait around until the teacher got back, complete BS if you ask me! I am paying you to provide a safe environment and leaving 10 2 year olds by themselves is NOT safe, no matter what! Not to mention I never saw anything remotely related to the learning curriculum I was told they would provide! So I began searching for a new school and foudn one that I REALLY loved! Even though it was a lot more expensive than most preschools, we decided to give it a try. TOTALLY WORTH EVERY PENNY! With less than two weeks under his belt at his new school he walks in proudly with a big smile on his face. He absolutely loves it and so do we. Getting ready for school is fun for him now and he loves knowing that he gets to go see his teachers and new friends! This makes for one happy momma!
Moral of my story is that if you have a gut feeling something isnt right, it probably isn't and there is no need to assume it is okay when your child is involved! Even when so many other parents seem to be happy with a situation it may just mean they have no other option. Thankfully we had another option and I am so glad we moved him!
On a different note, my sweet baby is turning TWO this Saturday!!! WOW!! Time flies when you are having fun and working full time! I will update with birthday details and what he has been up to next week. Opening the store has been a long process and now we are working on changing seasons over soon so blog time has been put on the backburner...but I will try my best to get back in the blogging mode!
