Tomorrow is a big day for us... My 3 year old is starting full time nursery. Things are really about to change around here!
We've pretty much been going through a similar thing every September over the past few years and I remember how emotional I felt when my daughter started nursery. I wrote my post New routines, tears & laughter exactly two years ago!
Now everything is about to change again and I am feeling a little anxious about it...
My little one will be in nursery during full time school hours, whereas his sister was only doing half days at that age. And I'm really not sure how he will cope with that. It will be a long day...
I am kind of dreading the afternoons when I will have two very tired children. My eldest, who is five and in Year 1 now, is known for being in a particularly bad mood after school so I just hope that my little one doesn't follow into her footsteps!
He is so excited though and has been talking about the dinosaurs at nursery and his teachers (in that order of course) all through the summer. We've been practising putting coats and shoes on and off (without much success unfortunately... how come the shoes are consistently the wrong way around??). He's confident going to the loo by himself (after one year of potty training) so I feel like we are more or less prepared!
As prepared as we can be of course...
Of course I feel slightly guilty for putting him in nursery full time but feeling guilty just seems to be a general state of mind for mums, right? There is literally always something to feel guilty about.
Not spending enough time with your kids, not giving them enough stimulation, too much stimulation, using bribery to get them to do stuff, serving them fish-fingers for dinner again because you didn't have time to plan ahead, having forgotten about dress up day again so you'll have to put something (pretty awful) together in 5 min before school... you know, the usual.
Apart from feeling guilty I also look forward to launching myself fully into my little yoga business. Practising a lot more for myself and generally enjoying some space to breathe and to think!
Little L will love making new friends and having lots of fun at nursery. I'm sure of that. He is a lovely sociable and confident little boy. He will have them all wrapped around his little finger in no time. I'm sure of that!
Have your kids started school yet? Are you feeling slightly anxious about a new routine and changes?
