Matt

So, for those of you who aren't on facebook - here's what's been going on with our boy. Been a rough couple of weeks, but God is good, and He always knows how to give me a new perspective right when I need it.

Here we go:

School: Matt hasn’t been crazy about his school ever since he started there this fall. He cried about the bus ride and begged me to drive him each school day. I told him that he’d be fine, and it settled down a bit once his seat partner actually started taking the bus (it’s a little boy in his class). Then he started telling me that the kids there don’t like him, “Mommy – the friends at school don’t even like the name of me, and they don’t want to play with me.” What a dagger into the heart of a mother!! I sooo want to see him happy- and confident and all those good things. I also don’t want him to be a follower, or to base his decisions on getting approval from his peers – and his teacher says she sees a bit of that. He’ll act like a baby to make the other kids laugh. This is not a good sign….and I don’t know how to handle it. Do we change schools?? Will it be any different anywhere else?? The kids at daycare love Matt and he seems to fit in REALLY well there, so why doesn’t he at the Christian school?? Is public school really the answer??

Health: Matt got sick during the last week of RRSP season. This is very bad timing for me. I work at a financial institution. It ended up in him feeling very much like a sick yo-yo who wasn’t able to just stay at home and get better.

The week after RRSP season wasn’t much different, and by now Matt was crying every night saying that he just wants to stay home, and he doesn’t want to go anywhere in the morning. “Please can we just have a home day?”

Things just piled up and piled up. Then Matt’s whole body broke out in eczema and he REALLY didn’t want to go to school because they are having swimming lessons at school right now – and all the kids would see his rash.

We were stressed – so Matt was stressed – he was getting more and more upset about school and the night I posted that my heart was breaking, he was so worried about going to school in the morning, and so sad that he wasn’t going to have a home day – he cried and cried and cried and then lay awake in his bed until almost 9:30.

Things are getting better. He is healthy again and his eczema is much better. It’s truly amazing how a few nights of sleep can make the whole world better.

Have a great weekend every one - we're taking it easy here in the Candline house!