Wednesday, August 15, 2012

doubt

Second guessing goes right along with parenthood.  Did we make the right decision, should we have done it differently, or maybe even not at all?

We are sending Jocelyn to pre-school in the fall and lately, I've been filled with self-doubt.  Jocelyn was born right before the cut off date for school (born on Nov 23rd, the cut off is Dec 1st) meaning she'll be the youngest in her grade.  I never gave this a second thought because really, what experience did I have with being the youngest in a grade?   I've started having these nightmarish thoughts that Jocelyn will be made fun of because she's acting like a 'baby' or she won't be able to make friends because the other girls will be so much more mature. 
I'm sure these are all normal, apprehensive feelings for a parent to have, but they are now keeping me up at night.  No parent wants to see their child made fun of, especially not in their dreams.  Hopefully our reality will be quite different and she'll do just fine. 

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