This is my first time ever posting on mothering.com. Hello! I am a mother of a 2 year 4 month old girl.
I'm posting today because I'm struggling with my little one and pre-school. We started her in a Waldorf school a couple of months ago and she loved it at first. Now, however, she screams at the door and says she doesn't want to go. It makes me so sad. Last week I managed to leave without any tears but then the teacher had to call me to pick her up 20 min later because she was crying hysterically. I do not have any concerns that something bad is happening at school. I think she is just feeling very anxious about being away from me. When we talk about it she says she just wants Mama. We have always been home together full time. At about the time that she started not wanting to go to school we also had a lot of traumatic family things happening (a hospitalized grandma, surgery for papa, and my sister had a still-born child). I am fully aware that all of these things would attribute to her clingyness. She has definately been feeling my stress. She has also weaned recently.
My question is: Should I continue to try and take her to school (appropriately trying to transition her, of course)? Should I wait? And if I wait, how long is appropriate? I'm considering waiting until 3--is that too extreme? I have to option to start her again in a couple of months, to start in January or in the Fall of next year (when she is 3). I'm not sure if the transition would be easier if she starts when other kids are starting?
Any insight would be so helpful. Thank you much!
I'm posting today because I'm struggling with my little one and pre-school. We started her in a Waldorf school a couple of months ago and she loved it at first. Now, however, she screams at the door and says she doesn't want to go. It makes me so sad. Last week I managed to leave without any tears but then the teacher had to call me to pick her up 20 min later because she was crying hysterically. I do not have any concerns that something bad is happening at school. I think she is just feeling very anxious about being away from me. When we talk about it she says she just wants Mama. We have always been home together full time. At about the time that she started not wanting to go to school we also had a lot of traumatic family things happening (a hospitalized grandma, surgery for papa, and my sister had a still-born child). I am fully aware that all of these things would attribute to her clingyness. She has definately been feeling my stress. She has also weaned recently.
My question is: Should I continue to try and take her to school (appropriately trying to transition her, of course)? Should I wait? And if I wait, how long is appropriate? I'm considering waiting until 3--is that too extreme? I have to option to start her again in a couple of months, to start in January or in the Fall of next year (when she is 3). I'm not sure if the transition would be easier if she starts when other kids are starting?
Any insight would be so helpful. Thank you much!
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