I couldn’t think of a better group to write to.
I, begrudgingly, decided to start my almost 4 year old in school this coming year. It is only two days a week (sadly, one of those days is my husbands only day off of work) and he will actually be in the three year old class because starting at four it is five days a week only.
My biggest problems are a) getting the stupid vaccine exemption form (which I am not even sure if they will take, but I have gotten the run around from the health department for weeks now just trying to get it) and on the required “supplies” list is clorox wipes and baby wipes and anti-bac soap.
First of all, I don’t use clorox anything in my home, and I don’t really want my son exposed to these what in my mind is all day every day. Maybe my mind is exaggerating it, but they want every child to bring in a box of these, therefore they use them often.
Second, we don’t use disposable wipes. I keep a pack in the car, for emergencies, but to tell you how often we use them, I have a 20 pack that has been in there for six months now. When we do use them, they are scent and alcohol free. This is a Jewish day school, most of the parents aren’t rolling in money, and I have fears they will get the cheapest, scented, alcohol laden wipes they can find.
Third, anti-bac soap. I get that kids get sick at school. I get that anti bac soap can help prevent that somewhat (along with those nasty clorox wipes). We don’t use anti bac at home. I think if they are exposed to the germies (and I am germ phobic, so this was a breakthrough for me) that the immune system will work way better than if they aren’t exposed to them at all. I do have an anti-bac foamer that uses tea tree, but we’ve never used it here, and I don’t think that is what they want. They want like, soft soap brand.
Oh, and nap time. I have to buy a nap mat too. My son does not nap. He hasn’t napped since he was two. Every age up through five needs a nap mat for nap time.
I really don’t want to send him now, and my mom thinks I am making a mountain out of a molehill, and keeps telling me I cannot change the world and I can’t keep him home forever and I have to send him to school eventually, etc… Well, I don’t think any of those things, and I was planning on homeschooling.
The only plus side to this I have now is that I am pregnant, and a day with just my two year old would be awesome for both of us, especially before the new baby comes.
Am I making a big deal out of nothing??
