OK, down to the wire...gulp!

[andrewsmom]

Ok, Andrew will be 3 in March. I honestly can't even believe my baby is already going to be 3. I swear I just left the hospital with him. Where did the time go???

The director of our school's special ed dept came to my house for a visit last week. I have met her several times before (small town) and she is a very nice person. I gave her a list of likes/dislikes as well as a list of words Andrew can sign, 113 signs in all. She said they have just hired a signing instructor and she will be doing simple signs with ALL the students at his school. How great is that? she is really excited to begin and has already done all 113 pecs for Andrew.

So anyway, I got a paper in the mail yesterday stating that Andrew's IEP meeting is set for Jan 26. My stomach did a flip flop over this.....I'm telling ya....the boy can not possibly be 3 yet!!!

I had to call and add someone to the IEP list and ended up talking with the director for a few minutes. She said they will accept Andrew into school as soon as everything was in place, and she expected that would be before his actual birthday in March. I just can't believe this is going so quickly! I told her ok but there is no way I'm letting him go 5 days a week and that I would feel more comfortable with 3 days. She said that was fine.

So did you all notice that I said I...yes I.....was not comfortable with Andrew going to school 5 days a week??? Not that Andrew wouldn't be ok with going 5 days.....it's ME!! I think I'm having seperation anxiety or something. Honestly, I am having a really hard time with this.

I know....his first day will go either one way or the other. I will either skip out of the school to my car and blare the radio with "grown up" music the whole ride home or I will have to be physically removed from the school's property and may even end up being banned all together. Not sure which way it will go.....my emotions are a bit wishy washy right now.

You know....on one hand I am starting to get very excited for Andrew. I think he will do well in school. But....on the other hand....HE'S MY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!! what am I going to do while he's at school everyday? I'll be here online ALL the time (sorry, I feel bad for all you guys..LOL!).

**sigh** well thanks for letting me vent....I needed that!

-Trisha

[andrewsmom]

OOps...probably should have just posted this under the general forum...sorry!

-Trisha

[Chester]

I hear ya Trisha. It feels like just yesterday that I was in your shoes. JT's birthday is in March too. It was kinda nice to get a little bit of school in, and then summer vacation.

Keep us posted on your next few busy months, and Andrew's first day of school. Is he going to ride the bus? (That's one thing my little guy still hasn't done.)

Dawn
I bet he will LOVE school and you will adjust too.

[Kristin]

Clarice started being bussed to pre-school at 2 1/2. I allowed it because they could provide more services to her there. It turned out she loved the bus! She napped on the way home, and really helped her with some skills, PT, OT, feeding, posture, etc. They were able to do things with her that her daycare, or I couldn't. She also benefitted from the social interaction.

[Kaylis]

Trisha,

All the best! My little guy just turned 3 in December so they are very close to the same age. He's been in full-time day care since 3 months due to my financial issues, but I still flipped a bit about him graduating from EI. He'd been in it since he was 6 weeks old and I really like his educator. It's a big transition for us and our little guys. Mikah is doing well, though he now has his therapies at another location. I hope Andrew does well too.

Karen
Mom to Ari (7) and Mikah (3 with Ds)