As Kindergarten is quickly approaching (9/11), I am amazed by the mixture of feelings inside me. In many ways, K seems much too "babyish" for my DD5.0 (performing many years beyond K) yet at the same time, I can't believe my "baby" who in many ways is young compared to children who enter K with her (May birthday, small stature, less able with certain physical things like monkey bars, bikes, games with balls, and emotionally very sensitive and reactive). It is though I have two children in one. One is my baby who still has chubby cheeks and a baby face and is giggly and seems younger than kids her age sometimes, and the other half who is this child who can take my breath away with her memory, her language, her art, her knowledge, and ability. How do I meet the needs of both children in this one small body? And how do I as a mother manage my own feelings about my "baby" leaving for school?
