School time

School has been, well lets just say, a struggle.  C mostly hates it.  He is my strong kid, never cries unless he is really hurt.  That boy has cried more the last month then I think he has since he was a young toddler.  (Which I think was yesterday, but for some reason he is 5 now)

Me and Zach are having to figure out what is a healthy push for him and what is okay to still shelter him on.  It blows our mind trying to figure out the middle ground.

So, two weeks have come and gone.  Two weeks of only 1/2 days and it feel like an eternity.  I am so looking forward to getting close to that middle ground and getting C over this hump.  The plus side, he loves his teacher.  I love his teacher and I think he has a pretty good group of kids in his class.

This week we are going with incentives.  If C can walk to his class without momma holding his hand (meaning let off at the drop off) then on Friday I will walk him and stay with him until the bell rings.  But the internal struggle of, "is it enough or not enough" will go on in my head while we try to find that middle ground of, "yes we are here to protect you and help you and will hold your hand until you are comfortable, AND you are big enough to do this.  You know you can do it, we know you can do it, it is time to be brave and takes some steps without mommy and daddy."

Anyway, lessons for everyone on this school thing...........mainly though a lesson of letting go and trusting, not just for C but also for his parents.