A Tough Decision

Well, today was Little Buddy's last day at his school.  It was a difficult choice to make, to pull him from school, but I think it was the right one.  I've mentioned before our difficulty in becoming fully potty trained and how he has issues with telling other people he has to go.  Well, for some reason, since this semester began, he's begun having more issues with it at school.  At the end of last semester, he was doing pretty well, but since the start of January, he's had one accident each day of school.  His teachers, understandably, have concerns about this and asked he be sent in a pull-up.  Well, Little Buddy does not do well with pull-ups because he knows they are diapers and he can just do his business in them.  So Daddy and I have decided that we'll finish out the rest of the school year at home, hoping to make him comfortable enough with his potty-ing that he'll be able to tell other people and resume school with Pre-K in the fall.

It was a terribly difficult decision to make.  Little Buddy LOVES school and I've been pleased with the curriculum and activities offered.  Also, it's tough because it honestly gives you feelings of failure when you consider having to pull your child from school because he's the kid that can't "get it."  But then, after reflection, you realize that those are your own issues, not your child's.  He is a happy, sweet, smart, free-spirited kid and you're the overly anxious adult.  It's not failure, it's (as one of my dear friend's put it) the strength to realize that the school is no longer a good fit for your child's current needs.  And that is what a school should be, a place of learning that meets your child's needs.  Every flower blooms in its own time.  Obviously, Little Buddy needs a little more one-on-one attention to mature and get confident in his skill set.  I will miss the extra time I had to work on my own school stuff and the individual time I had with Little Sweetie, but I will also love having every day with my little guy.  It will be too soon that he will go off to "real" school and I won't have this precious time with him.  I intend to cherish it.  

But I know he'll still miss being part of the Alligator Class.  He's had such fun!

     

     

   

School Memories

I'm still very emotional over it and we are planning on talking to our pediatrician to rule out any other physical issues Little Buddy may be having that are contributing his challenges, but otherwise we're just hoping that a little extra time will help him mature to be fully school ready in the fall.  

Good night, 

LBM

Little Buddy's Momma