I just did the most ridicules thing! I went into the baby's room to get something out of the wardrobe and when I opened the door, I was confronted with a very large spider sitting on the sleeve of one of the baby's sleep sacks that was hanging there. I am really bad with spiders - it's an awful phobia. Looking at it there I thought, if I leave it there and run - I'll lose it somewhere in the baby's room! I can't leave it in the baby's room! What do I do?? I looked around for my options and thought I just need to get it out the window somehow. I couldn't get close enough to grab the sleep sack to shake out the window - every time I moved the hanger the spider moved and it was too much for me to deal with. The spider could have fallen into the wardrobe and then I'd have to search for it. Worse - it could have fallen on me! I started to panic and then I saw the curtain rod against the wall. I stood far enough away so that if it fell it wouldn't fall on me, took the pole of the curtain rod and used it to pick up the hanger of the sleep sack and slowly guided it to the open window (all the while having a mini panic attack). I got it out the window, shook the rod and the spider just crawled up the sleep sack - it wasn't going anywhere. So, I did the only thing I could do - I dropped the spider (along with the sleep sack) out the third floor window into my back yard. I figured Wayne could get it for me and shake it out when he got home and I could wash the sleep sack, but at least the spider was out of the baby's room!
I feel ridicules. Who knows if any of my neighbors witnessed my act of panic. I must have looked like a nut dropping the baby cloths out the window with a pole! What kind of mother will I be if I can't even handle a spider in a rational way? My child won't have a shot in hell to not be afraid of spiders if he ever has to witness something like that! Maybe when it comes to my child, I'll be braver and be able to handle my phobia a bit better. I sure hope so!
The other mother and I went into the school to meet with the teacher and the assistant head. We both let them know how upset we were that we were not informed that our children were sent to the office and how much we were against the children being allowed to play fighting games on the playground. I told them I wouldn't allow it at home and I'm really unhappy that it's being allowed at school. They admitted it was a problem and explained that they are planning to introduce a a scheme to teach the children to play in a safe way. They will be calling it 'Super Hero Training'. They plan to give out capes & masks out to children who behave well as rewards at playtime. They will have assemblies where they will teach the children to play fighting games without making contact. I find this to be absurd. The problem has gone on to long and I doubt they will be able to teach little children to change their games when they have sixty other childr...
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