Saturday, September 15, 2012

Colors, numbers, and keeping our clothes on

Perrin started back at "school" (Mother's Day Out) a couple weeks ago. All of last year, he went only one day a week (5 hours total). This year he's in it two days a week. He's adjusting wonderfully--he loves going to school to play with toys and go down the slide and make new friends. Plus he's learning some preschool concepts in a really low-pressure environment.

Just one teensy problem. HE WON'T KEEP HIS CLOTHES ON!!! Since he's about 98% potty trained at this point, I've been sending him to school in underwear. He's handled it really well, for the most part. But the very first day of school he needed to go potty, and I guess he wasn't sure what to do. So he just stripped naked in the middle of the classroom. The teachers were busy getting lunches ready, so they didn't notice until a little girl screamed, "He's NAKED!"

::Sigh:: The teachers were really nice to me about it. They said it wasn't a big deal, but I might want to have a little conversation with him about it. Uh, yeah... I'll just say, "Perrin keep your clothes on, okay?" And he'll say, "Yes, Mother." And our problems will be solved. Now why didn't I think of that?

Well, I DID talk to him about it, and he did fine for the next week or so. Then earlier this week he did it again. But this time, after he undressed himself, he redressed himself. Progress! Unfortunately, Perrin really isn't so good at dressing himself yet... he pulled his cargo shorts on backwards. His teachers thought it might be demoralizing to redress him, so they praised his efforts and let him wear backwards shorts the rest of the day. When I went to pick him up, his cargo strings were hanging down behind him like little twin tails. I have to admit I felt a little silly walking out of school with him.