Was it hard for you when your first born started school for the first time?

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   mismazdaposted 11 years ago

   Was it hard for you when your first born started school for the first time?
   
   My firstborn will be starting school in a couple of weeks, and I am feeling scared and stressed about it.....

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   GoodWorldposted 11 years ago

   Yes, it was hard for me to watch our daughter head down the road to Kindergarten however my love for her and the joy I felt knowing she was progressing in life allowed me to let her go. I also signed up to volunteer in the classroom. Once a week or once every two weeks I volunteered to help the teacher, and it let me see that our daughter was doing fine plus I got to meet her classmates. Good luck!

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      mismazdaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Goodworld...I know..its so hard..but I know it is for her own good..she is sooo excited..she has been talking about school every since last year....I am happy for heard but sad for me.I got to get it together..

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   ChristinSposted 11 years ago

   Oh yes, it's totally natural to feel that way.  I felt the same letting my baby go that first day, but he ended up running into school all excited - he easily left me behind and I spent the rest of the day when he wasn't looking in tears .  It's a milestone and you'll be so proud, but it will break your heart a little at the same time.  I am facing similar feelings with same child entering middle school.  He was in a school bus crash at the end of last year and the past 3 months have been about focusing on his healing and Physical Therapy etc and I have been with him again at every single moment.  Sending him to a new school, on crutches and having to watch him face riding a bus again is almost too much for me to bear too at times.  I know though, just like with Kindergarten, he's going to be just fine.  Being a mom is joyful and tearful simultaneously

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      mismazdaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Oh my..I pray that he continues to get better, I know I would probably feel the same as you do, if this were to happen to one of my children, but yes I have been trying not to think about it, but I know she will be very happy..

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   duffsmomposted 11 years ago

   We never did preschool when my girls were growing up so our first school experience was when my daughter went into kindergarten and it was half day.  It was hard, but I think it was much harder when the youngest finally went off and it was official, I had no babies at home anymore.
   
   You will quickly adjust to having a moment to yourself.

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      mismazdaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Every one has been telling me I will quickly adjust....trying not to stress too much...

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   darklandposted 11 years ago

   I hate to say but it really never gets easier.  They just keep going farther and longer and you can only hope you've given them everything they need.  I realize this is not as uplifting as you may have hoped. 
   The consolation is you are witnessing them turn into their own person and gain more and more experience.  It's fun at any age.  I wish you well.

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      mismazdaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yes..I figure it will not get any better...hey I am 35 and my mom stills try to hold my hands on certain things..lol...thanks for the comment

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      darklandposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That's funny but just like a mom.  May you be so too

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   moonfairyposted 11 years ago

   when my little guy started school it was horrible for me. I promised myself I wouldn't cry and failed miserably. It was the same when he went off to college...it never got easier!!! lol

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      mismazdaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      thanks Moonfairy for your comment...bless your heart..I know I am going to cry on that day when my baby goes to school...I just dread it..

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   joanwzposted 11 years ago

   Yes, I went to get her signe in, filled out all the forms from the kindergarten teacher, helped her find someplace to sit and find her cubby. THen the bell rang. I didn't want to leave. But my daughter turned to me and said, "Mom, the bell rang. YOu can go home now." She was way more ready than I was.

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      mismazdaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      oh my...LOL..that is what my lil Chezney probably will say to me...she is so advanced and so READY.....but Im just gonna take it one day at a time..thanks for your comment..

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   KristenN4Boysposted 11 years ago

   Yes. I cried. I also cried the entire way to work the day I dropped him off at middle school. I cried his first day of high school and now he leaves for college in 3 weeks. I will most definitely need to be medicated.
   
   

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      mismazdaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Bless your heart..I m quite sure it will be even more hard when he goes to college,,,but at least you know he will always come and call home when he wants to let you know that he misses you....

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   tonie2weeksposted 11 years ago

   Yes ... you sweet mom.... sometimes its harder on the mother than the child.. It is your first time of not being in complete control.. It is the first of many separtations to come and It makes you contemplate that..... and you will miss your little one... Feel it... be good to yourself and volunteer some of your time to the classroom......that helps a bit

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      mismazdaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      thanks tonie2weeks.. I totally agree with the first time of giving up control....4 days away from her first day..but I know I will be volunteering and going on field trips and eating lunch with her...it seems just like yesterday that I was bringing h

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