Who knew that at 14 months parent-teacher meetings were required? All of these unexpected parenting responsibilities are happening a little faster than I expected. The toddler transition meeting took place on a Tuesday night (very convenient for babysitting...not), and only a few of the parents attended. All I can say was that it was interesting.
First of all, every parents makes a similar comment about my kid. They all say "my child and Reagan, what a twosome. They are trouble!" Which only makes me think that my kid is trouble and she is just bringing out the "trouble" in everyone else's kid. Maybe the teachers are exaggerating on Reagan's daily comments sheet when they say "Reagan had a good day."
Secondly, one of the parents asked specifically about potty training, ex planing that her daughter was ready. Seriously? She is only a year old. Be patient. I know you hate changing diapers. It sucks. No one likes it, but your kid is not ready. Deal with it.
Thirdly, Reagan and Daddy stopped by the meeting to say "hi", at which point the center director invited them in. They were good for about 10 minutes until Reagan started eating colored pasta off the floor (obviously left over from a previous art project), using the building blocks to build a tower that kept crashing loudly, picking up a book and placing it on the table during the meeting while taking a seat and pretending she was actually part of the discussion. The final moment when Kerry decided to leave was when Reagan proceeded to growl at a monkey puppet that she apparently didn't trust (don't ask she picked up the growling from our dog Reilly, it is how he greets us every morning). We couldn't stop giggling so he decided it was time to go home.
Overall the meeting was good and I am glad that our school makes the time to have these types of conversations with us. It shows that they care. I just think it confirmed that next time Reagan is better off not attending.
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