Am I Being Played?

Last week Wednesday I got a call from the school asking me to come and pick up Ethan:- he had a tummy ache and was not feeling well. I of course did, but when we got home he appeared to be fine (although he did go straight to sleep and stayed that way for 2 hours).

Because Ethan is in the full day, every other day program – he didn’t have school again until this Monday. When I took him to school then he acted like he really didn’t want to go. He tried to put on a brave face, but looked like he was on the verge of tears… it BROKE my heart!

I spoke with his teacher and asked if she’s noticed anything going on in class that would have changed how he feels about school, but she hadn’t.

Today my baby crawled into bed with me in the wee hours of the morning (4:30am) telling me that his tummy hurt and that he didn’t feel well enough to go to school. After talking it over with Alex, we decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and let him stay home today, even though I really think his tummy is fine.

My kids are so very different. Xander has always had to work very hard at the learning aspect of school, but socially he has excelled. Xander LIVES for recess. Ethan now seems to be the opposite, the work seems to be coming to him easily, but I think he is not having as much fun at school as Xander did/does.

I am supposed to be a volunteer in his class on Friday, so we’ll see how he does then.

After dropping Xander to school, we came home at Ethan went straigh to sleep on the couch. So maybe, just maybe – he’s not playing me after all?