Separation Anxiety????? - Marrero,LA

Very normal. I teach kindergarten and I always talk about this at our parent meeting before school starts. Usually the kids are SO excited that for a week or two they pop in the room, big smiles. However, on occasion, after a couple of weeks, reality sets in. They realize, "This is every single day..." And really, anyone who had a choice between staying at home in pjs or getting up and going...well, we know what the choice would be. :) Usually they settle into the routine. The best thing to do is smile, wave goodbye and walk away, hard as it is. If you stay and comfort, it is actually more unsettling to the child usually. Good luck!

My 2nd grandson had terrible separation issues when he went to school. Nothing triggered it except he missed his mommy and missed the routine at home. The longer she'd stay to help him settle in the longer he'd cry.

What I suggested was that my daughter give him a treasure that was a big secret. It was something he could put in his pocket that would remind him of home. Little kids love secrets. It could be anything from a soda cap to a small smooth rock to a leggo block. Just something small that he could have in his pocket. After they started that they had no issues at all.

So I think your daughter is just reacting to the change in routines and kids. Don't make a huge deal out of it and try to figure out what triggered it. Just give her something to empower herself and see what happens.

Yes, its definately separation anxiety...we're going thru the same thing....our 4 yr old granddaughter told me this a.m, that she would like to stay home with me....then i told her the bus was here and i'd be waiting this afternoon to get her off the bus. When she got here she was fine and all happy..it will get better and will have set backs at times.

My daughter did the same thing last year in kindergarten after doing fine in pre-k. I am blessed enough to be a stay-at-home and her pre-k class was only half day, so all day kindergarten was a bit of a shock. Plus, her teacher had several rowdy kids that she got loud with frequently, which my daughter didn't like. She did fine the first week or so and started with the crying and not wanting to go and having a tummy ache. We reinforced that we would see her right after school and we also said we would come and eat lunch with her every once in a while. This helped a bit, but we ended up telling her that if she could go back to not crying and keep it up for a few weeks that we would take her to Build-A-Bear Workshop and she could pick a bear to make. Worked like a charm. I'm not always a big fan of bribery, but in this case, I was. School is something they have to do and you have to be tough to get through it sometimes. Good luck!