My sone is starting pre school in a few short days....?

Question

and I know I am going to cry. Did anyone else go through a little empty nest feeling? How did you get past it?

Answer 1

Perfectly normal, mom.... It can be very hard to know that your little one isn't so little anymore! Do your best (for your son's sake) to wait til you get to the car after you have dropped him off in his class to cry. Otherwise, you run the risk of your son thinking that preschool must be a terrible place to be if it makes YOU cry. The best thing is to give your little one some hugs and kisses and tell them you'll be back later, and go. The longer you linger, the longer it drags out the attachment for both of you. When my oldest starting going to preschool, it was a little hard the first week for me. However, I am a preschool teacher, so I knew she'd be fine in a few days. You will be too! Enjoy the fact that you have done such a wonderful job that your child is now working on being independent!

Answer 2

Yes, i was boo-hooing majorly when my son left for his first day of preschool. But it's a right of passage, and i knew that he was becoming a little boy. I now have a son who is almost 3 and i'm sure i'll go through it all over again, but at the same time, it's exciting for both me and my son. It also made me miss my son that much more, and look forward to when he came home. You'll be amazed how much your son will "grow" in just one year, and what a difference the interaction with kids his age in a learning environment will make.

Answer 3

Pre-school is this nursery? age 4 years. My son starts nursery in September and daughter 3. I will not be feeling empty as i still have my 18 month son. But i will be feeling proud and worried gone into the big wide world without (well for a few hours anyway) without me to protect them. it is natural to feel like this a lot of mothers on the same day will be feeling like this.lol

Answer 4

Welcome to motherhood...You will have many moments of crying. You'll cry when they first start school, and again when they leave elementary school to attend the much feared Junior High, and again when they enter the scary High School, and then again when they get their heart broken for the first time, when they move out on their own, marry , and have their first child. Holy cow! You are just getting started...Kiss that little sweetheart goodbye, go home cry your little eyes out and then when you pick him up at the end of the day give him the biggest kiss and hug and tell him he will always be your baby! That's what I did...

Answer 5

Yes, with my two oldest (the baby hasn't started yet). I cried both times. Drop the little guy off and go immediately to a close friend's house and CRY! You'll feel better, but don't spend that first day home alone.

Answer 6

I bit the inside of my lip to stop from crying when my son started preschool. I didn't want him to see me cry and get him anymore anxious than he already was or relate school with anything bad. But once he was on the bus and I was inside I let loose a cried a bit.

Answer 7

My son is also starting pre school so theres two of us on the list. But don't worry it will pass.

Answer 8

Go ahead and cry. Even do it in front of him, but don't overdo it. You want him to know you're going to miss him, but you don't want to make him feel guilty for "leaving" you.

Answer 9

I haven't yet and to be honest i dont want to, my wee one is 6 mnths and want him tto stay home forever and ever and ever...but that isn't going to happen now is it?

Answer 10

spend too much time with him. dont feel guilty about letting him go. if youre too afraid to let him go rather him not wanting to go its much worse. if your son feels the same about not going, he still should go. REMEMBER GROUND RULES IT ALL STARTS HERE DARLING!