Progression and regression

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It has been a busy week.

I took almost a week to get used to the new routine of sending K to school in the late morning, driving home for lunch to spend some me-time for about 2 hours and then going back to pick him up from school in the afternoon. While K seems to have taken to the idea of school like a duck to water, and he has not shed a single tear at all. 

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His adjustment to school is a progression, however there seems to be some regression in other areas. Specifically, when it comes to his home routine.  He will refuse to take his afternoon nap (which has been shifted to an hour later than usual due to school), and will get clingy and battle with me for at least half an hour before settling down to sleep. Instead of continuing with my usual method of discipline which did not work, I decided to indulge him a little and soothed him to sleep.

Attending pre-nursery is still a huge change to routine, even though he might not display his discomfort with it in public. Maybe I have been in too much of a hurry and placed too much value in seeing him display signs of independence. All at the cost of ignoring his essential emotional needs.

I suppose he will let go when he is ready. And I will need to remind myself to stop trying to rush him through childhood.

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  1. yes i totally agree with u… kids only have one childhood and it better be a memorable one!

    just let kyle take his step one at a time :)