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Preschool

3 posts on this thread and the last post was on March 5th, 2009 2:25 PM
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ewilson - March 4th, 2009 11:11 AM
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My daughter is 3 and it is a battle to get her to go to school in the morning. She wants me to hold her and she cries when I leave. Once I am gone she does just fine and has no problems. She is happy and smiling when I pick her up. I have tried stickers and rewards for going to school like a big girl, but none seem to work. It is causing great stress in the morning and I'm scared she will continue to do this. Will she out grow this or am I destined to have her attatched to my leg forever? Any ideas would be greatly apprecieated.

Whitney - March 4th, 2009 11:19 AM

How long has she been going to preschool? My 3 1/2 year old son has been going to daycare & now preschool since he was 18 months (it's in the saem building & run by the same group of people) & he did the exact same thing for about 3 or 4 months & then grew out of it. I know how hard it is, it broke my heart to hear him cry for me, but they always told me he would stop crying about 5 mins after I leave so it made me feel better. He now just LOVES it, & only goes for half days because I'm on maternity leave with my daughter & he actually gets upset when I show up because he wants to stay the full day ... I wouldn't worry too much about it, Im sure your daughter wil grow out of it too.

kimberly - March 4th, 2009 1:48 PM

Both of my boys were home with me until 4 years old and I then put them in preschool. It was a big change for them and I went through many mornings of crying. I cried too but after I left them at school. I would say my first son never really got over it until kindergarten but my second son it took about 3 months and he was fine. He is in kindergarten now and he likes school although he isn't always good at school. Just reassure her every morning that you will be back and you love her and keep up the reward system.

Mim42 - March 5th, 2009 2:25 PM

I had those days with my little guy who just turned four when he started school... I would drive to work in tears myself! What I found that works for us is... I tell him that I will sit with him and color or play, but in five minutes I have to leave. For five minutes he has my undivided attention in whichever activity he chooses. Then I give him a one minute warning, "Ok, Mommy has to go to work in 1 minute"... Once that minute is up I leave... regardless of whether or not he is upset because I have grownup work to do, but also I reassure him that I love him very much and I'll be back to get him when work is over. It has become our own morning routine for school. He accepts this limit, and is usually ready for me to go so he can begin his day with his friends. Good luck! Whichever method you choose, they all eventually grow out of it. :)