[josiah1112]

Anyone else having a hard time transitioning their child to being away from them/their familiar environment??

Max is three.He is not potty trained.He liked school the first day(he goes 2x a week).He HATES school now and cries and seems lost...he wanders from one activity to another and does not seem to settle in

Any body else have an issue like this.It's the same with his Sunday school class.He would rather not go.I was wondering if it had something to do with all of the transitions he went through early in life???

Thanks for reading!

[angel_bayou]

My girls just started pre-school one day a week, which is on Fridays. They cry their eyes out when igo to leave them but when i come back to get them they're doing fine with all of the other chidren. I have considered taking them out but everyone keeps telling me it will get better. I'm hoping it does!

[stacytoadopt]

My little one has latched onto one of the teachers and will follow her around the room until one of her friends arrive. Then she will go and play.

If the teacher isn't there (as she wasn't yesterday) it is tramatic! She didn't want to go today. Once we arrived and she saw 'her' teacher then she was fine. for her it is just having the same people same routine.

hope it improves for you. I don't know if she is dealing with a bit of separation anxitity that people talk about?

[jpeel99]

It's hard. Give it a few months. They are very aware at 3. If it doesn't get any better, may be try a different place.

[whereintheworld]

We had our first day this week that my DS DIDN'T cry that he didn't want to go. It's only taken 2 months, lol. He is always happy when I pick him up, but in the morning, he thinks he would definitely rather be with mommy.

[saranbr]

Last year at nearly three my DD would have NO part of Sunday school unless I sat there with her and then she just sat on my lap, even though the teacher was very nice. I didn't even try nursery school. This year (now 3 1/2) she is really liking Sunday School, but I don't think preschool would be successful after this summer's experience with Bible School for a week. Some people are big on socializing their little ones through preschool, etc and they may have some points, but I personally don't see any particular reason to push the issue at such a young age especially considering all the transitions our guys have been through. Heck, I was a bio child and terrified to ride in anyone's car without my folks until I was five. Now I'm married, have kids, have a master's degree and a career-- he'll outgrow it.

[giovanni7460]

G came home at 10 months. He is in kinder now and hates it. However its getting better for him. I tried nursery school at 3 and it was a disaster. He screamed from the time went left the house until I came to get him. Then that summer I put him in a Spanish emersion camp only part time. He is bi-lingual. He did not play at all. Never! He just stood there and cried. I couldnt do it anymore so I just took him out. He started pre-k last year and did not speak in class almost the whole year. But he went and I knew he had to go. This year kinder is rough every single day. Its full time and he is bussed.
I believe it has a lot to do with coming home at 10 months and not sooner. He is scared. I can see that in his eyes. He has no concept of time. Two things I have said to him since I first held my son at 3 months, Thank you for being my son and mommys never leave, if they do they will always come back. Sometimes he just need to hear that before he leaves.
I am sorry for your little one. Its so hard on them and they trust us.
Patty

[josiah1112]

Thanks,everyone!I appreciate you sharing.He does do better when either my husband or I are in the room.This is no longer possible since we have to work...

Today I went to get him and he was fine but oh so ready to go...this is a big improvement from Tuesday in which he cried and cried and clung to me and told me that a girl in class had hit him.LOL--he is the biggest kid in his class- 95% in height and weight as a 3 year old.The teacher also got him(today) wearing big boy underpants and he still has them on here at home so that is an improvement...