Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Progress

Knock on wood.

Yesterday when I dropped Jackson off at school he started to cry and ran towards me. I picked him up and said, "Ms. Ernistine is your friend, remember?" and handed him off. He cried for a second and then stopped. She took him with her to erase the dry erase board. He loved it and was fine.

Today when I dropped Jackson off, Ms. Ernistine walked out of the classroom to get something. As soon as he saw her in the hall, he turned, buried his face in my leg, and wouldn't let go. I thought it was a sign it was going to be a bad drop off. I finally get him into his classroom and put away his stuff while he walked around (good sign). Then, I got a wipe to clean his face (which he actually likes). Instead of running to me, he ran to the toys and started playing. I decided to use that moment to say bye-bye and head for the door. He looked at me, looked at the toys, and went back to playing.

I know a lot of parents think it's a sad day when their kid doesn't look back at school and just wants to be with friends or play, but not me. I was overjoyed! Maybe I'll change my mind later, but for today it was a good start to the day. For two days in a row I didn't start my day with my heart being ripped out because Jackson is so upset that we're leaving him.

5 comments:

s. said...

I think I like how you look at that. Hope you are all well.

The Carter's said...

Until I switched daycares, I didn't have a day where Will didn't cry when I dropped him off. And it's HEARTBREAKING. Jason never understood why I hated doing drop-offs until I started making him do it and he realized you usually have an exceptionally crappy day when it starts with your darling boy in tears because he doesn't want you to leave him.

Penny Morris said...

So glad it is going better... I understand your perspective completely! I am glad that Jackson is settling into his school routine!! L(

Clare Stockman said...

No, you WANT your child/baby to be happy.. more than anything else in the world, you want them to be happy! Whether 1 or 31. Infinity.

Anonymous said...

yo Ice Rob...

How bout makin some PROGRESS on this blog here. It's been two weeks and all your freinds are bored at work.