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I've not fully relaxed over the festive season, knowing that a new chapter was beginning for Emily at the beginning of 2010.
Followers of my blog, you may recall a couple of my previous posts, one titled "Headaches" and one titled "Glimpse of the future" (need a quick reminder then just click on them for the link).
Well here we are - time passes so quickly - but we are here - the future - the time to move on to new beginnings in the world of education.
Emily is continuing with her mainstream pre-school placement for 3 sessions per week, this placement is very well established for Emily now, she has been attending here since she was nearly 2 1/2 years old. She has a one to one support worker, which has changed once or twice during that time but I have had a lovely relationship with them with lots of open door communciation - this works well and long may it continue {well until they kick us out ready for big school anyway!!}
On Thursday of this past week Emily started her new pathway ~ a pathway which has not been an easy decision or battle for us. I don't mind admitting as the start date drew nearer, doubt started to cross my mind on whether we had done the right thing {back to that parental guilt we all feel I think!!}
Emily started her new "special" school placement which is for 2 sessions per week. We still don't know in which direction we need to go with Emily educationally so chose to continue with the best of both worlds until we do!!
I don't mind admitting just how nervous I was on that first morning, I knew Emily was going to be very very unhappy when we left and I knew I was going to struggle with it - it's happened so many times before!!
BUT
What do Mummys know anyway???
The nights sleep that I didn't get the evening before was for nothing!!!!
The nausea I had suffered for days was in vain!!!!
The tears I had cried had been wasted!!!!
All that worrying and for what - NOTHING!!!!
Apart from a few little flinches from Emily (as some of the children flung their arms around her) and perhaps a little cling to her Daddys leg until she realised there was no real threat to her life ~ she happily went in to her new classroom, with her new teachers and her new friends to enjoy her new school.
We couldn't have been happier ♥
Emily is continuing with her mainstream pre-school placement for 3 sessions per week, this placement is very well established for Emily now, she has been attending here since she was nearly 2 1/2 years old. She has a one to one support worker, which has changed once or twice during that time but I have had a lovely relationship with them with lots of open door communciation - this works well and long may it continue {well until they kick us out ready for big school anyway!!}
On Thursday of this past week Emily started her new pathway ~ a pathway which has not been an easy decision or battle for us. I don't mind admitting as the start date drew nearer, doubt started to cross my mind on whether we had done the right thing {back to that parental guilt we all feel I think!!}
Emily started her new "special" school placement which is for 2 sessions per week. We still don't know in which direction we need to go with Emily educationally so chose to continue with the best of both worlds until we do!!
I don't mind admitting just how nervous I was on that first morning, I knew Emily was going to be very very unhappy when we left and I knew I was going to struggle with it - it's happened so many times before!!
BUT
What do Mummys know anyway???
The nights sleep that I didn't get the evening before was for nothing!!!!
The nausea I had suffered for days was in vain!!!!
The tears I had cried had been wasted!!!!
All that worrying and for what - NOTHING!!!!
Apart from a few little flinches from Emily (as some of the children flung their arms around her) and perhaps a little cling to her Daddys leg until she realised there was no real threat to her life ~ she happily went in to her new classroom, with her new teachers and her new friends to enjoy her new school.
We couldn't have been happier ♥
it seems that's always how it works with me. i fret and stress and then am happily suprised. love it.
ReplyDeleteAs I read more & more I was sort of giggling to myself because I know EXACTLY {and I mean exactly} how you were feeling.
ReplyDeleteLove & Hugs from Pooh's Corner. Aren't our girls precious?