Separation
It was some time now that I could remember when my eldest son first went to school. It was a disaster alright. But not with him, it was with his younger sister who was 2 years old at that time. She would ask me from time to time, "Where’s Jag?" and I kept reminding her, "Honey, we dropped him off to school awhile ago remember?" And then she would burst into tears and ask me when Jag will be back.
The conditioning I did was I tried to shift their schedules and prepared them to be separated from each other. For instance, I tried to shift their nap time so that they would not have the same time of the day. I did this a month before classes would start so that the younger one would get used to be separated even for just a couple of hours. Another thing I did was I distracted her with some fun activity such as playing tea party or drawing and coloring her favorite Barney activity book. I also made a chart that would depict the schedule for the entire week. Eventhough I am totally not artistic, I had to make it a little bit attractive so that they would have fun looking at it.
There are ways that may work for your children so do not be afraid to try it out. After all, it is for the best.
