dentist and nursery thoughts

We had the dentist this morning. I had been dreading it since I booked the appointment at the beginning of the month. A mixture of my usual dentist anxiety and worried how bug would be if we had ages to wait. Luckily we only had about ten minutes to wait. Plus bug had brought bunny so he was quite happy. At our last appointment he refused to open his mouth at all for the dentist. This time was very different. Bug tried to climb up on the chair by himself but it was too slidey. Once I helped him up he was very happy and let the dentist check all his teeth. He also had a fluoride coating put on and didn't fuss at all. I was impressed our dentist even pretending to clean bunny's teeth too! After he was all done the nurse gave him two stickers, one for bug and one for bunny. Once bug was all finished I had my teeth checked. Despite all my worrying all was well and I don't need anything done!

Naps have been a bit hit or miss at the moment. I do think he is in the process of dropping his nap but today he decided he wanted one.

Bug is due to start nursery in August 2013. I'm finding the 2.5 hours a bit awkward to work around. I really wanted a morning place (9-11:30am) because then it means I can drop him before work and on a Monday/Tuesday L could pick him up until I finish work. If he has a morning slot on a Friday then it means my mum can pick him up in the morning she looks after him if it was a nursery quite central to the town. I was advised they like three year olds to have an afternoon slot but I've phoned the dept of education to see if there's anything they can do because at the moment I'm looking at an afternoon slot in a nursery that's quite out the way for a Friday. I've asked about just skipping the Friday but they don't like that either. If I can't find something that works then I'll just need to consider not bothering with nursery until Aug 2014. Bug won't start school until Aug 2015 (when he's five an a half) because his birthday falls the beginning of March. L (childminder) thinks he's going to be very bored by then because she thinks he's a very clever little boy. Nice too hear. I'm also not entirely sure what he'll get from nursery that he isn't already getting from going to a childminder anyway. Yes there are more children but that's not something I'm worried about since he's very outgoing and sociable anyway.

The school cut off was something I thought about when I was pregnant. My due date was February so it did cross my mind that I'd either let him go to school at barely four and a half or delay starting school. In a way I'm glad to have the decision made for me. He's only three days past the cut off but I couldn't imagine him going to school in 16 months time. There's plenty of time for school so I don't feel any need to rush it at all.