My big girl

There are many mentions of my baby girl here but not too much about my big girl. She is equally as gorgeous, funny and precious as her little sister.
Last year was awful for Jess. Until then she had always been this easy going, incredibly happy child who drew no attention to herself but carried on happily regardless of what happened. Last year that changed. She was miserable, crying, had seperation anxiety, you name it, she had it. Never, even at developmentally appropriate stages did she have seperation anxiety. In the shops she was the smiling baby. She smiled at everyone.(then her sister came along and Chloe has perfected this death stare to strangers..polar opposites are my girls in many ways) So this was new for us, and very strange.
She hated school...also strange. She didn't want to be there, she refused to do homework, life was tough.
She had teacher problems. I think personality problems between her and her teacher. He didn't want to acknowledge there was a problem. We met him again and again with no help given. So we looked for help outside the school and saw a great psychologist who really helped us get things clear in our heads. Once she was involved school suddenly became more helpful. We needed some plans for this year put into place. School really worked out how to make this year better. The teacher from last year now teaches somewhere else.
And our happy girl is back :) All is good in my world when my girls are happy.

She has a lovely lovely teacher who Jess really likes. Jess is now being extended academically as well. There is quiet reading time in the class each day (my big girls idea of heaven, just like her mum) and she is thriving. No more nervous signs, no more tears, in fact on Fridays she says "I can't wait till Monday to go back to school". My heart is a lot lighter this year. The sunshiney smiley girl is back. My biggest princess is happy and laughing and loving learning. We are so so proud of what she coped with last year, soul strengthening and now we know we can cope with school issues.