This morning I was given a letter asking if I would like a place for Joseph at a preschool playgroup. This means leaving him there for up to fifteen hours a week. He'll only be two years old. I've not done this with any of my children before, I've always gone by the premise that you only have them home for the first three years of their lives anyway so make the most of it. Just one more year and he'll be at nursery school.
Now, I'm thinking about it. It would be nice to actually have some free time a year earlier. I've been constantly stuck with kids around for nearly seven years now and a lot of things could get done without a little one around all the time. For example, clearing out cupboards, decorating even shopping! And Joseph is a friendly little man who loves being out or in the company of other children. Sadly, I've lost all confidence in attending playgroups with him, I feel like I'm the grandmother with all the other young mums around.
So I've a week to decide, and I'm changing my mind every two minutes.
Should I keep him home and savour every last minute of his 'baby days' or should I send him off to playgroup?
Hello, I found you on the Tots100 widget, always keen to meet other mums of 5! Honestly if it was me personally, like you have said I would want to savour the short time that they're little, as they grow up so fast. BUT on the flipside, time to yourself can only be a good thing! Maybe he could go one or two days a week, best of both worlds?! x
ReplyDeleteThanks for you comments, one or two days sounds good, not sure how they work out the times, I'll need to call them and see. Thanks for letting me know how you found me too, always interesting to know :-)
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