My baby’s first day of school: stuck in traffic, worried, climbing walls, staring at groups... This wave of operations is so familiar hahaha

Wow, it was the first day of school yesterday, so excited! The mythical beast is back in its cage, everyone is celebrating!

But it is not just a "return to the cage" in the ordinary sense, because the two children in the family, one in primary school and the other in kindergarten, are both new students. As parents of new students, they are often nervous and peaceful. It has a "ceremonial feel".

The night before, we started to enter the sleep routine at 8:30, which was earlier than falling asleep on any day during the summer vacation... As expected, it was not difficult to wake up in the morning, and Xiao Yezi still got up on his own.

The first day of school delivery was also very grand. My husband was usually afraid of traffic jams during peak hours, so he drove to work at 7 o'clock. In order to see the baby off, he actually decided to go to the subway late yesterday, or even take half a day. No matter what, I have to witness the children's first day of school.

Grandma and grandpa also went out to familiarize themselves with the pick-up and drop-off procedures. They can help when we can't pick up and drop off.

But I have two children at home. My younger brother can enter kindergarten at 7:40 at the earliest, and my older sister arrives at school at 7:50. She needs to reserve about 30 minutes to go out in advance. After calculating the time, they don’t have time. Fa Shundao sent them together:

The younger brother went out with his older sister, and the younger brother arrived at school too early; the elder sister went out with his younger brother, and arrived at school too late... So whether to give birth to a third child or not, there are really technical problems, and there are not enough people at home. Otherwise, pick-up and drop-off would be a problem

Well, I finally went out with a sense of ceremony, but things kept happening:

I was responsible for sending Xiao Zizi off, and I originally planned to walk there calmly and calmly. On the way to school, I chatted with her about new semester and new expectations, but after walking a few steps, she said the new black leather shoes were stuck in her heels and making walking uncomfortable...

Change the bus! Normally it takes 5 or 6 minutes to get there, there are many buses, and it only takes a few intersections, but we seriously underestimated how terrible the traffic conditions would be on the first day of school:

Buses are usually very dense, etc. I didn't come for a while; I finally got on the bus, but the road in front of the school was blocked again... It is said that it took half an hour for a private car to make a U-turn...

The result was the first I was 3 minutes late in one day. I didn't have time to talk about anything on the way, so I just looked at my watch.

Fortunately, the teacher was very nice and led him in hand in hand. I stood at the door and wanted to take a few more glances, but the baby just walked in so casually.

My husband’s reaction was the same as mine. The child didn’t show any particular reluctance. He stayed at the door for a long time, thinking that he wouldn’t burst into tears soon, hahahaha...

I found that it was not just me, but all the parents who sent me to school on the first day were the same, especially the new students.

Although it is not so exaggerated, it goes up to the sky and down to the earth:

But our main characteristics are that we are reluctant to give up, look back every step of the way, and look forward to the children arriving at school, but do not know that the children are there. Whether you can adapt well to the new environment:

Like looking for the stars and the moon, I hope the teacher can send more photos and videos. As soon as the teacher sends them, he immediately transfers them to the family group and looks at them over and over again (focusing on his own children) ), and I also want to post encouragement in the class group, as if I can have a good relationship with the teacher and indirectly help the children integrate into the new group...

I found that I still have a "preference", even more Nervous about Little Ye Ye, Xiao Yu'er is a little better. I "disdain" to participate in this kind of conversation in the kindergarten group. How big of a deal is it?

Accompanying my child on the first day of kindergarten, I am anxious... Is it too early to enter day care at the age of 2? The child's reaction was so different from what I expected...

Why are you crying? Are you lonely? Do you know how to drink water when you are thirsty? Have new friends? Miss us? Can you find your bag and belongings? I want to ask the teacher how my child is doing, but I’m afraid that disturbing the teacher will seem too much...

(Little Ye Zi’s first day in the kindergarten class)

Looking back now, these It’s nothing. The teacher doesn’t send photos because he’s looking after the children. Children’s adaptability is far better than we imagined;

If you wait a while before giving your baby away, you won’t have these in your heart. When we are little ninety-nine, all we really think about is, "Hey, you should hurry up and go to school!"

It is just the beginning of every year, as long as it is the first time for the child, It is still inevitable for us to go through the process of "separation anxiety" together. This is the growth of the child, and it is also our self-comfort: knowing that the child will eventually become independent, but caring is also an instinctive and ready expression of love. ah.

What I think is particularly ceremonial is the little leaf that my dad and I gave to our children on their first day of elementary school. This was not the first time for my dad!

I deliberately dug out old photos. September 2, 1991. Wow, it has been 30 years. This was my first day at Harbin Changhong Primary School:

When I saw this photo, my eyes were a little moist:

This day is in my memory. I still remember my parents greeting me and this little neighbor girl. Playground photo.

The other person is very generous and generous, but I am a little embarrassed. In the photo, the shoulders are hunched, the posture is like military training, and the expression is obedient and polite with a good boy's smile.

It’s been 30 years in a flash...I also became a mother.

I saw the little leaf captured in the first video posted by the teacher. She was in the first row. The camera slowly passed by. She looked a little shy when she first arrived. She looked very much like me when I was a child. Our facial features and lack of front teeth are almost the same when we are the same age...this magical gene!

And my father has turned gray... Where has the time gone?

I can’t help but wonder, today, 30 years later, will I become a grandma sending her grandchildren off to school, and have to decide whether to send a baby to my son or a baby to my daughter? If they each have two more children, I will discuss with my old man who we should give away...

Hahaha, let me think about it now, I don’t even want to give it away, I just want to be a child. Just go to the chic old lady in the global world, but I can’t say too much...

When I reach the age of my parents and think about my own life, I might still be unable to let go of this concern. To support your children, work less hard...

I suddenly felt sad, for this love and the inheritance of this love.

We are all time travelers, but it suddenly occurred to us that from this perspective, the beginning of school is a good day:

Because we will take a lot of photos and do a lot of rituals We will deeply engrave this day in our memory. After 3, 10, or 30 years, they will still shine...

If in this special day Is there anything else I particularly want to talk about during the day? I originally thought that I might talk about some "dry information" about separation anxiety;

From the perspective of experienced people or educational psychology, freshmen are all What should you pay attention to;

Haha, I will wait for you later. At this moment, when I really started to write, I found that I just wanted to say: Whether school is open or not, let’s live our lives well and Days.

When you become a mother, it is easy to neglect yourself. Children, children, don’t forget that the years when children go to kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and college are also the best years of our lives. The years are worth living well and with quality.

I love you, I will always be here to talk about confusion, talk about daily life, and stay open and sincere

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Author: Jiji. Co-founder of the WeChat public account "Slow Growth", mother of two children, registered positive discipline parent/school lecturer in the United States, former senior media person in Hong Kong, now living in Shenzhen. I pursue steady flow, but also love to be brave and diligent, love singing, love life, love self-management, and I am willing to grow up slowly with my children.

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