I don't know if I'm the only one, but I'm really having a hard time with Tatyana going to 1st Grade. She'll be gone all day and I'm so worried about her lunch and how she'll handle being gone for such a long time...
Should I make her take lunch or just have her eat the school lunch meals? If she takes lunch to school, what should she take? She will end up eating the same thing everyday! If she eats the school lunch, she will not eat at all depending on what they will be serving... she's too picky.
While I'm struggling to adjust with her new schedule, she is super excited about being in 1st Grade. She's been counting the days...
I know she'll be fine... But my heart aches when I think of all the new challenges that she will have: mean girls, self esteem, bullies, pressure to look or to act a certain way. It's definitely a new chapter in her life... I know I am overreacting, but I can't help it! She is my baby!
But there is one thing that comes to my mind that brings me a little bit of peace. On Tatyana's first doctor visit when she was just a newborn, she was getting her first shots. After seeing my teary eyes, one of the nurses said: "It's harder on the moms than it's on them." That's what I'm hoping for...
3 comments:
I am so with you on all those "not nice" things to worry about - mean girls and all that. Tatyana is so sweet - you just hope that they've learned enough and are strong enough to "choose the right." As for food - if she's so picky, I'd just do a pack lunch until she thinks she might want otherwise. It sounds like you don't like to waste money when it comes to food (I don't blame you!), so try it for a while?
I am going to be the same way...she is too cute. If you need some company during the day or just a shoulder to cry on you know where I am!!
Roberta - I'm already that way and Ruby still has a couple years till school. I even once thought... maybe I should homeschool - and that thought was gone in about 2 seconds... but I just hate for the kids to have to go through hard things. That's life, right? Still doesn't mean I always like it! And yeah - they are probably always way better at it than we are! :)
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