I am a working Mom. If I had my choice I'd be a stay at home one. That is not what life has in store for me. I go to work not because I just absolutely love my job and love working. I go to work to put a roof over my daughter's head, clothing on her back and food in her tummy. Sometimes it's really hard to go off to work. Sometimes when she is having a nuclear meltdown I look forward to the time away.
Today she says, "I don't want to go to school."
We call daycare school because she does do preschool work there and it's an easier transition when she goes to Kindergarten next year. I'm getting off track now. I ask her why is it she doesn't want to go to school. All she can tell me is she just doesn't like it. The last time she said this and I asked her why, she told me it was because she didn't like nap time. Nap time is a whole other problem we are facing.
I don't know what to say to her and I don't know what to do. She has never stated she doesn't like daycare. She's always loved going there and has so much fun. So here I am racking my brains as to why she no longer likes it when it hits me. There were a lot of kids there that have moved on to Kindergarten. She is now one of three that are left from last year. Her problem isn't she doesn't like daycare anymore. Her problem is she's missing everyone. Over the summer she got real close to one of the older boys. They played and had a good time. She'd often say he was her friend. Now that this little boy has gone back to school, she is sad. Daycare is no longer fun for her.
My plan is to talk with her tonight. We're having a "girls night" tonight. We have these when my husband has meetings and isn't home for dinner. Hopefully she'll talk about her feelings and I'll be able to help her understand why people leave and it will be o.k.. I don't want her to feel sad and I don't want her not to like to attend daycare.
