Exactly this! Agree with what so many other posters have said today and yesterday. My little girl is a month younger than C, she's very sociable, has been at crèche for 2 years and did a summer scheme with all new toddlers during the summer YET today she had a total meltdown at preschool. It's our preschool's last day of the "adaptation period" and so parents were encouraged to drop off and leave asap. Teacher advised me to stay a while because my wee girl was in bits. My normally happy, confident, sociable girl was having none of it today and I needed to get to work, unfortunately that is life. When I did leave she had an absolute meltdown and I could hear her crying as I was walking down the corridor and I ended up crying myself which is out of character. But I didn't pull her out, I didn't take a photo for social media, I didn't let her pick up on how I was feeling. My daughter's wellbeing and education are more important than how I feel and I know it is very short term pain for long term gain. Of course part of you wants to scoop them up and run out of there and both go home and chill in your PJ's but what does that teach them? Sorry for rambling but I just think Caroline needs to understand that sometimes these things are hard for all kinds of children / mums / reasons and it is not just HER because she's sOoOoOo special. But most of us realise that the staff are highly trained and experienced in dealing with these situations and as hard as it may be for parents at times, we are helping our children learn about routinue and structure and also that their parents will always come back for them. Rant over.
Ps. Edited to add......and the pancakes! Sure why would you wanna go to school if you can get better treats and outings at home. I despair of her!