So, today I joined my daughter at lunch and found out that she hadn’t eaten at snack time. Her teacher said they’d managed to coax her into taking her snack out to the tables, but they couldn’t get her to eat it. I was bummed about that, but she did eat everything when I sat with her and she drank all her milk. I spoke to the lunch monitor and I think I found out what the problem has been.
It’s been raging inferno hot here in SoCal. Over 100 degrees every day. They haven’t allowed the kids to play outside because of the heat (which is dry like an oven here, not humid) so all the kids have been crammed into the multipurpose room during recess and lunch. Let me tell you… the noise of hundreds of kids screaming and laughing is loud outdoors. Inside, it must have been deafening. The lunch monitor said it was. They were relieved to let the kids loose on the playground.
So I think that’s been a large contributor to my daughter feeling overwhelmed. After eating outside with me today, she ran out to the playground with her friends and had a great time. I’m hopeful that things will become easier for her now that the temperature is lowering a bit. She wants me to have lunch with her again tomorrow and I’ll go, but I think after that she might be okay. I’m going to use Jessica’s suggestion and give my daughter a token of some sort for snack time. I suggested a rock or a necklace, and my daughter liked both ideas. We’ll see tomorrow when I meet her for lunch if it helped her to feel comfortable enough to eat her snack. *fingers crossed*
awww that’s soooo heartbreaking, but it sounds like things are looking up.
Yep weather out here’s not exactly been fun.
I’m glad to hear that she’s doing better and hopefully will continue to do so.
Best Wishes
Its great to hear that things are better for her!
Oh I’m glad things were better for her. I’m sure all that noise and commotion were unsettling. I hope this continues to work. Good luck