Youngest child starting Kindergarten

United States
September 11, 2007 12:46pm CST
My daughter, Haley, started kindergarten a few weeks ago. My oldest, Brett, is in second grade, so I thought, "Yay! I am free!". Wrong! I cried all day and cried again on other days. I feel my babies are growing up and will not need me anymore. I feel old, even though I am only 37. Why are there not any books about this stage in a mom's life? Or are there and I have not seen them?
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@happymommy3 (2012)
• United States
11 Sep 07
Lol, that's so true, I wonder the same sometimes. I figured, well, my oldest two are already in school so it won't be so hard to let my youngest go to pre-k. Yeah Right! I felt awful his first day. He was actually so happy, the total opposite of how I expected him to act. I thought he would be hanging on me, screaming at the top of his lungs not to leave him. So I left him and came home. It was actually one of the few times I've ever been home alone, with no one here with me. I was so sad, especially when I went to go pick him up, he's only gone for 3 hours but it felt like forever! He looked so excited but I felt like I had abandoned him! It's been a couple of weeks now so it's barely sinking in but I feel still sad, and it makes me feel like I'm getting so old too. I guess we'll be okay, believe me our kids will always need us for something! =)