Success!

Today was Bax' second day at Kindergarten. As soon as he got up he put on his brand new St Francis sun hat and did up the toggle - he didn't take it off til he got to the Kindy. He wore an orange tshirt and hawaiin print shorts and gumboots.

As we drove up he said "Von Von" - his teacher there is called Yvonne. He was very confident going in, sat on the little stool to take off his boots and tuck them into the cubby hole. Then inside, he was welcomed and put his bag on the hook. There was a moment when I left when he cried. He had said goodbye to me and given me a kiss so I walked down the corridor but Yvonne made me go back and hand him over properly and then he burst in to tears and I had to hand him over sobbing. Boo hoo for Mummy. (To put you in the picture Yvonne is the parent of a buy who was in my primary class so she still treats me like I'm 6 - but in a nice way (mostly)).

G just picked him up and rang to say that not only did he eat a huge lunch but had a very long sleep - which is fantastic. G said that the kindy is so calm and quiet and Bax is really loved by the other kids and the teachers. Success!!

We will balance this experience out with some raucous fun at the little farm Daycare in the holidays.

A note on eating: I told you how Bax doesn't eat, we have started excluding him if he refuses to eat. It seemed harsh at first but we were getting desperate. It's getting rarer and rarer that we need to do but when we do this is how it goes. 1) Bax, would you like to eat some mash? (No) 2) Bax, i'd like you to eat some mash. (No - head to one side, eyes and mouth squeezed closed) 3) Bax, I am going to exclude you from the dinner table if you don't eat - i do actually say exclude, G says Bax do you want to go to your room? - (Bax eats). marvellous stuff.