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How do you handle back to school emotions?

I really don't know if I can handle sending my daughter off to a one day a week preschool at 2 years old. How in the world do I do this? I need major tips. I already cry at night by myself just thinking about it!!!

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When I had to take my son to daycare my mil told me to think of it as his first thing he gets to do by himself- for them school should be a fun exciting experience. They get to learn and they tell you what they did. Celebrate the fun and happy and new things your little one gets to do. Good luck mama💕

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Can I answer this Tuesday afternoon after her first day of kindergarten 😭😭😭😭?
This is tough Mama! But I will say preschool drop-off was so easy.y daughter was excited and we had talked to her for a long time about her teachers and their names. And how she’d meet new friends. She was 2 1/2 then.
She barely said goodbye to me, which I know is good bc she was confident and ready.
Be patient with yourself and her! Deep breaths! And maybe do something fun for you that first day after drop-off.
My husband and I grabbed lunch and it calmed us down. (We did only eat at a restaurant 2 streets away from the school. Lol)
It will be ok!! ❤️ She’s going to learn so much and she’s going to have fun!

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I feel ya! For me , Its all about the preschool and the teacher. make sure you feel good about them . They will take good care about her and she's gonna love it. It is hard the first days but she will be very happy about it. You now need to know how you want to spend your time.😁

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My 2 Year old started this week she does a Tuesday afternoon. Not going to lie I cried the whole time she was gone.
All I can say is she was fine didn't even turn round to say bye I think that's what hurt me more. But at the same time her running up to me at the end when she saw me made it all worth it. She's excited already asking me when she's going again. I'm here if you need to chat xx

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So my step son (11) lives with us full time we’ve started with an issue of him stealing little stuff from school, taking his brothers clothes from his mums here without anyone knowing ect but now
He’s also got the habit of taking chocolate and crisps out the kitchen to the point of he’s eating all my 1 year olds snacks like the 6month+ wafers and then he’s got no snacks. I’m buying loads of stuff to last us the month and he’s going through them within less then a week 🫠 (he never gets told no to snacks either unless it’s just before a meal then he gets told to wait until after hes ate)
He has now gone through all the chocolate we hid for Easter that was also his two little brothers and he’s gone through the stuff my mum brought round for them. So now iv got just over a week with hardly any money to try and get all the Easter stuff back. We’ve sat and spoke about it and why he feels like need to just take and we get a “i don’t know” or “it’s just snacks”

My thing is should I re buy him Easter stuff or leave it as a “you’ve already had you Easter early behind our backs” he’s not missing out completely because he has Easter at his mums but I feel like there’s nothing more we can do other then put locks on cabinets so he can’t get in them but that’s just stopping him from getting to the thing he wants not necessarily him learning 🤷🏻‍♀️
My partners just in that “can’t be arsed” “just replace it” where we have 1 child together and 2 step children and a baby on the way so just constantly going out and replacing stuff really isn’t happening ☹️ he’s agreeing with not giving him anything for Easter but I feel guilty about it but he has teqnically had his Easter + more…

We have also spoken to his mum about it and she just says she has locks on the doors and she did it as a kid and laughs about it which just feels like shes validating what he’s doing.

Sorry for the rant just wanted to see other people opinions and views as I feel so guilty to cancel Easter for him but at the same time we don’t have the money to re buy everything he’s gone through 🫠

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