Monday, September 6, 2010

Kindergarten and Labor Day...a recipe for disaster

Well not really a disaster...but pretty close. Out of all the reasons I eat, I came to the realization this week that I am a stress eater. My five year old boy started kindergarten at the beginning of August. His teacher has a "sad board" for disciplining the kids. They get 3 verbal warnings then their name goes onto the sad board. Once on the sad board they lose 5 minutes of recess time. Then checks get added for continuing misbehavior and a check equals another 5 minutes of no recess. Apparently I have a very active child who likes to get out of his seat and I guess he has been missing a lot of recess time lately. I have communicated back and forth with his teacher a couple of times and basically I'm getting from her she thinks he is immature and should have waited a year for kindergarten. GREAT... now what do I do? Well I eat...ok that is not helping....let me eat some more...nope still not working. Dammit! I really see no benefit to pulling him out of a structured setting and putting him back into a less structured setting. The boy is capable of the work BUT he needs some extra attention to get it done. Did I mention there are 22 five and six years olds in his class and 1 teacher? I am sure that has nothing to do with him acting out for attention (sarcasm). So this whole situation has been stressing me out and I've been eating. Then there was Labor day weekend. It was all basically a wash. I ate like there was no tomorrow, but on Saturday I biked 11 miles around Cades Cove and Sunday I hiked 3 miles up hill in the Smoky Mountains. So hopefully I canceled everything out that I consumed. Next week is another week and another opportunity. I suppose tomorrow's weigh in will be a disappointing one but I have no one to thank but the person who looks back at me in the mirror. The skinny girl is still there but this week she has some food piled on top of her. She's pushing it aside and starting her journey once more. It will not be easy! It will be worth it!

1 comment:

  1. Hey skinny girl, great job with all the exercise! I vote for keeping him where he is, he is obviously ready academically. Socially and maturity wise he will catch up quickly, being with the older kids will keep him interested and challenged, if you hold him back you run the risk of him being bored. Good Luck!

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