First day of school – but yesterday was the birth?!? Of course, parents are proud when the child who was wearing diapers now stands in front of the school with a satchel. A mother tells …
First day of school – I'm going crazy!
"School enrollment" is on the calendar faster than Mom can say sugar-bag. The future schoolchild has only just started to walk and hey presto, kindergarten is over. Satchels and school cones are taken care of (you do that months in advance today), so the first day of school can come. And yet he plunges us into a small crisis – which of course we would never, never, never reveal to the child. After all, we are busy giving positive messages about school from us. Just like our mom blogger …
Help back to school – that's what mothers really think when they start school
There are parents who approach the first day of school in a very cool way. And there are those who can't stop crying. Blogger Nina Massek belongs to the latter sort. Here are some of her unfiltered thoughts from the day her son started school:
"My poor, poor baby !!
Does Sebastian notice that I'm much more excited than he is?
He seems to be looking forward to school, so I'm looking forward to … The seriousness of life has begun, yeah! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice!
He's still so young … The school cone is almost bigger than him … Should I maybe give him his wuffie after all? "
Now pull yourself together, Nina, we've all done it … Let's go, open the school gate and come in with us … SMILE! Oh well, I'm already crying … Where are my rescue drops? Or maybe the tranquilizer? Oh no, I don't need it at all, there are great self-baked cakes on the buffet … If I could grab it now …? Pull yourself together, otherwise you'll burst out of your dress again and people ask when number three is coming.
Now go to the auditorium, aha. All first graders and parents are already there. Am i overdressed? It doesn't matter, move your stomach in! "Sebastian:" Ouch, mom, don't squeeze my hand so tight, let go of me! "" If it were that easy, my darling, my sweetheart, my baby … I'm crying again .. . Damn. Maybe I'll put the sunglasses on – or would that be weird?
Now you are called … You go forward, you smile shyly and uncertainly. "
I struggle to smile while crying. "Go forward honey, you're a school kid now.
NO, YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY CHILD AWAY! SHIT performance society, he should still dig in the sandpit! Come to me, Sebastian, we're going again! The school board can do me! "
I cover my mouth with difficulty. Thank God I didn't think out loud this time, like so often.
"Okokok. Relax, slowly inhale and exhale. It didn't work during labor. Oh, when I was pregnant with you … Everything was still fine and you with me!"
Now you stand in front. Here we go. You disappear into the classroom holding the hand of a half-strength second grader. We both smile at each other one last time. Then the system has taken over you forever.
STOP crying, Nina! Otherwise all the make-up is in the bucket! Okokok. relax, breathe out …
I urgently need a piece of cake! Go away!
YES, I'm the first at the buffet! "
Mothers of first graders, also read: What's in the school cone? 30 great ideas!