My dishwasher has died. Mid cycle. I'm not exactly sure what happened but when I left the house the dishwasher was running and when I got home it was not running and all the water was still in the bottom. Which prompted a less then successful phone call to the company about how, no, I didn't know when the dishwasher was purchased, because we just moved into the house in September. And can you just do a service call? Oh, your going to transfer me. And then hang up on me. And I have to call again and speak to a robot and wait an hour to get a person. And it is two weeks until a service call? Okay, I'll just call a local service company. Thursday, that's better.
And then a conversation with Michael's teacher flipped me out a little bit because maybe things are not so absolutely perfect and wonderful after all. I mean, he is still "fine," but he still is having trouble at "circle time" and then I started thinking maybe he should not go to PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN ohmyg-d why can't I make this decision.
Why can't I stop freaking out?
Maybe circle time is boring. Maybe he doesn't like circle time. When did circle time start being the end all be all of a child's pre-school education. What if there is something actually wrong and all the evaluations were incorrect?
We had Kindergarten Orientation last week and after spending twenty minutes in a kindergarten classroom Michael declared he was not going to that school. Because they did not play games. And I told them they were going to play games. So there is another Country heard from. But that night at dinner he told Doug he loved it and wanted to go to "big boy" Kindergarten.
And then Monday he was the worst behaved I have ever seen him. Probably because he thinks he is changing schools again, like tomorrow. Or he is 5. I have no idea. Parenting becomes easier when?
So, it is status quo around here. With less clean dishes.
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OMG! That kid reminds me of Brynna. Okay, I know this is terrible, horrible assvice and you are probably WAAAY on top of this, but have you had his hearing checked? Brynna used to refuse to participate in circle time and I mean, she wasn’t a bitch about it, she just went and chose work elsewhere, but it was a big deal and oh and lamenting and then we found out she was deaf and stuff and a totally unexpected side effect was that suddenly, she was all about the circle time. Holy runon sentence, Batman. Anyway, turns out she was avoiding it because all the different voices confused her.
Feel free to roll your eyes and think what an idiot I am. It’s just that it’s like the color blind thing, I think. Sometimes the problem seems like one thing and it’s a totally different thing and that thing – it’s not even that big of a deal.
He is 5 and I hate to say this but they are unpredictable. My 5yr old is in kindergarten and has decided that it is perfectly acceptable to pull a yellow stick. His excuse is I like to talk. Umm, really because the past quarter you have not had this issue. I really think it ia boundry/independence thing.
I also think they feed on our emotions. If we become more insesent on how the must behave the further they push. I’m learning to tell him I’m very disappointed in such behaviour. It also is mentioned that it is disresceptful to his teachers and friends. Is this working. I’m not sure but we discuss every morning before we leave for school. There also have been consequences for it. We will see. Go with your gut on this one.
You know, that was Caroline’s problem, too. She didn’t like to participate in group activities. She still has moments where she doesn’t. But I think you’re right — circle time is not the be-all, end-all. Heck, I probably wouldn’t like it either but you and I have more impulse control than the average 5 year old. I think we become so fixated on one aspect of their behavior that we can’t see all the “still fine” things that are going on. Fortunately, Caroline’s teacher has seen it all and she’s very laid back which makes things a lot easier for me.
And do you know what’s great about kindergarten (ours anyway)? No circle time! Hang in there!!
Breathe, mama, breathe.
Your 5 year old is being a 5 year old. It’s allowed. I used to have a 5 year old. I volunteered in his class a few times. Kids get squirrely; it happens. Sometimes, it’s the same kid, from the first day of school ’til the last. Sometimes, a kid is just going through an adjustment period/growth spurt/what-have-you, and the squirreliness is short-lived. Don’t worry. I can guarantee your son is not the only one that doesn’t behave like a Stepford Child during circle time. Maybe the teacher bores him so much, that he has to entertain himself. ;~)
I used to work in a pre-school/K combo class. There was much squirreliness to be had. Unless the teacher is threatening the kids with corporal punishment, kids will misbehave (and honestly, I’d bet that even the threat of beatings wouldn’t calm some kids).
My once-5-year-old is now 7. His teacher raved about him, for the first few weeks. And I loved it. And then? He got a couple of Yellow Cards one week, and she wrote a note to me. I expressed concern, naturally. From there on? It’s like I opened a door of nasty TMI. EVERY.EFFING.THING. he did – I got a note about. Piddly stuff. Nothing stuff. Stuff-that-didn’t-matter-5 minutes-later stuff. Maybe his teacher is doing that to you? Maybe she is so gung-ho about you being involved, that she is over-reporting the stuff that she wouldn’t bother to tell the less-concerned mom of another child…?
Hang in there. Stick with this school. You guys had a good feeling in the beginning. My son’s changed schools before. Thank God, he adjusted well (he was SO grateful to be out of that first one!). Unless you have a horrible feeling, stick with it. Pulling him from one place to another might lead him to believe something’s wrong with him and he doesn’t belong anywhere.
Just my two….uhhhh…100 cents! ;~) Good luck! <3
All I can say is where ever Michael goes next year, it will be the right place. You’ll know soon.
And I too just had to RE-buy a new appliance. The schmancy Jenn-Air fridge the previous owners splurged on died b/c they never registered it and got the recalled parts replaced. It was just four years old, stainless, beautiful…and worthless.
So now I’m the owner of a pretty new Kenmore. That is so freaking registered if it runs away the pound will call me.