{"id":573,"date":"2009-06-15T17:46:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papabachwani.wordpress.com\/?p=573"},"modified":"2009-06-15T17:46:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T12:16:08","slug":"another-little-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/2009\/06\/another-little-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Little Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’d been nervous for about a couple of weeks now…\u00a0 15th June 2009 was the slated day for li’l Tiger to begin playschool, and he would just about be meeting the minimum eligibility age of 20 months.<\/p>\n

This time around, the apprehensions were not about the gear – we had that in place.\u00a0 Tiger would be well equipped with a school bag, a raincoat, a water bottle and a change of clothes.\u00a0 It wasn’t about the choice of playschool either.\u00a0 We were thrilled with the experience that Pumpkin had had with LittleStars <\/em>and would send Tiger to the same one.\u00a0 What we were worried about was how young he is and so different compared to what Pumpkin was when she first joined.<\/p>\n

Earlier this morning, BossLady and I briefly spoke about the differences.\u00a0 He speaks far less words than she did at the same age.\u00a0 He’s far more boisterous and naughty than she was.\u00a0 But, most importantly, he’s a full nine months<\/em> younger than she was when she first enrolled!!!<\/p>\n

How would he cope up with the newness of it all?\u00a0 How would he be able to communicate to his teacher about his needs and wants?\u00a0 How would they understand the peculiar language he speaks in?\u00a0 Only we knew all his short forms and codes – how would they understand?<\/p>\n

Letting go of his mama at the\u00a0doors of the playschool\u00a0would be impossible.\u00a0 As an extension, it would also be difficult for him to leave the company of “nima<\/em>” – the caretaker he’s now grown so fond of.\u00a0 So, it came upon your’s truly to do the needful.\u00a0 Once again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I was nervous about it throughout.\u00a0 But I reminded myself that he’s an ‘enthu bunny’ and he’ll be able to take care of himself.\u00a0 I also reminded myself that I’d done this all before – I would simply do my “usual” routine of dropping off a new child to their first day at school!<\/p>\n

We reached on time and waited our turn.\u00a0 Once again, I was the only “papa” doing the drop off.\u00a0 Since early today morning, all of us at home were getting Tiger excited about the prospect of him going to school, and he had some idea of the concept.\u00a0 But, outside Little Stars,\u00a0we did not get the opportunity to take it all in before I let go of his little fingers, and sent him off to the classroom…<\/p>\n

We’d agreed that BossLady would come and wait soon after my dropping him off, just in case he needed to be sent home early or comforted some more.\u00a0 And, so she did.\u00a0 I learned in the afternoon that he’d cried for a bit after entering the classroom, but had soon settled down…\u00a0It would take a few days more, but for a first day, it\u00a0had gone pretty well.<\/p>\n

Now, if I can only muster up enough courage for tomorrow…<\/em><\/p>\n

Update : 16th June 2009
\n<\/em>The wife sent an SMS… “All is well.\u00a0 He did not cry at all today!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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