Isabelle started school on 19 Oct, 2 days later than scheduled due to her high fever. Many may ask why I still sent her to school despite just recovering, but honestly I had no choice. I just could not trust leaving her alone with the helper.
ANyway, Isabelle really made me so proud of her.
Day 1: No crying as i left quietly during her playtime at 10am. According to her teacher, she whined a little cos she was very tired from the activities and fell asleep during lunch time (and skipped lunch! my heart broke to know that she must have been starving). Isabelle was back to normal after her nap. She was so happy to see me at 530pm, that she cried as she reached out to me.
Day 2: She cried as she saw me walked away. Her class teacher came to carry her..and she was wailing and stretching out for me. But within 2 minutes, it was all quiet. Slightly shocked, I took a peek again...and oh it was true, she had stopped crying as she watched Ms Amy prepare breakfast. Brilliant! I later called Ms Amy to find that she had now managed to adapt to the schedule...ate her lunch this time ( 2 bowls of porridge) and was happy playing with other kids, and no more running around the classroom. However, I found her crying during pick up time. I could only reach at 630pm, and I knew immediately from the cries that it was Isabelle. Lao shi said she started crying from 6pm as she saw other mummies and daddies coming to pick the other students. I felt terribly guilty then, sigh, i wished I could work part time and pick her up earlier. But still she did really well for Day 2!
Day 3: The school had a field trip to Seletar Reservoir for PG, N1 & N2 kids....but unfortunately Isabelle was running a fever the night before and I decided not to let her go to school. Good thing I did not, turns out she had caught a bacterial infection from school and was having a bad cold and some cough. But because it was just Day 1 of the infection, Isabelle is now almost fully recovered after 2 days of medication. Phew!
I wonder what next week will be like. At least she is waking up earlier now, ~ 715am and in bed by 830pm...so that routine is almost there. I just hope she can wave a big good bye to me at drop off to put my heart at ease. Hearing her cry (no matter how little) just makes my heart break as I walk off. So far, I am quite pleased with the school especially the teachers. They give me a lot of details about what happened during the day. Even when I picked her up late on Day 2, there was 1 teacher attending to her personally, wiping her tears while feeding her Cheerios! I just hope Isabelle enjoys school. Hmmm...Monday starts with gym class, i think that will cheer her up!
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