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Fatherhood²: Prepare the Kleenex! My Little Boy is all Grown Up

Posted on September 13, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Well, more grown up than he was, anyway!

Yes, the time has come when Robert will soon be leaving the clutch of our family for a large part of his day, as he starts his first pre-school next week.

I doubt I’ll garner much sympathy here, as the realities of modern life mean that most parents will have had to hand their child over to a third party much earlier than 3 and a half years old, but it’s still a significant moment for us at least.

We’ve been very lucky until now – when Sara went back to work after her maternity leave for Robert ended, my sister-in-law Katy very kindly agreed to have Robert during the day, meaning we were able to keep him within our family.

The pre-school we have chosen is very good for our needs, and we’re very pleased that he got a place there. For the moment at least, he’ll just be attending in the mornings, meaning Sara will at the very least get a little time to spend with just Freddie. Better still, when Freddie is asleep she MIGHT even get a few moments to herself!

I’m sure it’ll all go swimmingly for Robert – he’s already visited the pre-school a couple of times and had a whale of a time – but I’m sure there will be tears before bedtime the night before. I shall, of course, let you all know how it goes.

I can definitely see why some people keep having children though – I’m glad Freddie still has plenty of years ahead of him before we have to (semi) release him in to the world, too…

Now, permit me a moment of nostalgia…

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