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| schoolbound |
| 08.24.05 (10:58 am) [edit] |
Yesterday, DH and I attended Kindergarten Orientation at Jake's new elementary school. We had to bring the little man with us, since we had an appointment to meet his teacher with him immediately thereafter. Jake was beautifully behaved during the orientation (I had brought crayons, paper, animal crackers, and a drinkable yogurt just in case). Many other kids there were obviously not coached to be quiet little mice during a grown-up meeting, so I was kind of proud. (Yes, I know pride goeth before a fall -- it's coming.)We got a mini-tour of the school, and then met Jakey's teacher. We filled out an info form, talked about Jacob's interests and our goals for his year at school ("Um," I said, "For him to not be maimed or maim anyone else?"). The teacher also tested him informally, basically ensuring he knew his alphabet. DH was disappointed that the teacher didn't probe Jake's math skills, but she was definitely impressed when he noticed the rug printed with the solar system and went to stand on each planet, announcing it's name. We put his stuff in his locker (he has a locker!) and took off, driving by a rental home (nice house, shitty neighborhood) before getting back to our place. From then on, Jake was a misery. Whiny, baby-voiced, overly sensitive. He and Danny were playing in one of those collapsable tunnels, with DH and me periodically attempting to get them to calm down. The inevitable happened and they collided -- Jake's mouth and Danny's forehead. Danny shook it off, rubbing his forehead dazedly, but Jacob started the siren wail. Neither DH nor I felt all that sorry for him, considering we kept warning them to cut out the rough play, but Jacob escalated his screams until DH finally checked his mouth (no blood or swelling) and we sent him to go splash cold water on his face. We realized his oversensitivity was probably related to a delayed realization that School Was Starting Soon and he might be panicking, so we didn't punish him for screaming his head off. We didn't baby him either, though. When we finally got the boys off to sleep, I collapsed. DH spent the night working on my laptop (recently infected with CoolSavings and Aurora hijack browser motherfuckers) and intermittently checking on Danny, who kept waking up in tears. I alternated between nightmares and waking up to roll back to my left side. I'm dreading the next week or two until Jake gets acclimated to school. When he has trouble, he totally regresses. DH and I are in agreement that we're really not concerned with his academics (especially at this age, for crying out loud). We are, however, a bit nervous about his social adjustment. I just hope his EQ can catch up a little closer to his IQ. ["Bigger Than My Body," John Mayer] |
posted by: themarina (reply)
post date: 08.24.05 (11:57 am)
poor little guy. he'll be ok. they just need time.
posted by: almsthvn (reply)
post date: 08.29.05 (1:51 am)
*hugs*
and thanks for the reminder. Katie has been amazingly whiny this weekend. I just remembered that her teacher left and a new one came in Friday. Aha.
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