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[mommydaze]

I decided to call the preschool mostly to make sure patrick was in the right waiting list batch (they put him in the wrong one last round). And as a last ditch effort asked if they had any spots left in the pre-pre-K. Amazingly they said yes - that the mom who was supposed to have taken the last spot never showed up yesterday. So I explained

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[ladybluestar]

Aren't preschools fun? I just got Brandon signed for K at the private Catholic school. I'm going to try to send Toby to the preK next fall, but I need to get financial aid first.

I know what you mean about OB docs. I adore my doc, but she is hard to get in to.

[mommydaze]

There isn't a Catholic school in a reasonable distance from my house - so this particular school is lutheran, which is kind of close (other two choices were baptist and methodist). They do have financial aid for the higher grades (it goes to second grade) so if my dad doesn't want to help with it long term I will definitely have to look into it.

What is so frustrating is they have no problem working me in, just as long as I don't have the kids with me. That just seems really bad for repeat business. Not to mention that it can worsen a health problem if I have to delay appointments.

I have heard complaints from friends about how different healthcare is if you are on medicaid. And while I have insurance, at least 95% of their patients are on medicaid. The office at least really does treat the patients badly, very condescending, controlling, and inflexible.

[ladybluestar]

I agree, Lutheran (especially ELCA) would be the best next choice.

While I don't have trouble with appointments from doctors because of my insurance (not medicaid, but similar), I do have problems with dentists. In my state, most doctors are organized together in clinics that are associated with a particular hospital, so you could have 20 or so physicians working together. This defrays the cost of taking medicaid/state aid patients, so does not count into scheduling.

My family practice doc (whom I simply adore) is difficult to get in to see as she is very popular and her husband and her both work part-time so that they can homeschool their kids. Frequently, if you have to be seen on a day when one spouse is not in the office, you will be referred to the other.

[kupi99]

congrats to brandon. let hear it for Catholic school. i really do love working at one!

[kupi99]

wait, now i'm confused. the school just started now? in feburary? and its pre-pre k? ok, i'm an early childhood teacher, and thats got me confused. and you couldnt get patrick in until hes five? very lost.

so what age classroom is he in now? a "four year old class" or "three year old class"? i see hes only s going for a bit (v. nice, but sometimes that thursday to tues gap is rough on the little ones). and why do they call it pre-pre-k? most 4 year old class are just called pre-k, as are three year old. v. confused.

although very excited for patrick! he will be fine in school, dont worry. most kids once they settle in are quite themselves at school. i few arent, but most are :). he will have fun!

[mommydaze]

Well it was supposed to have started in september but somewhere between finding the right teacher and getting the new program set up it didn't start until February.

The thing for the regular pre-k class, they have have to be four by september first, because of when his birthday is he would be almost 5. It is the pre-pre k class made up of potty trained kids 2 1/2 to 4).

If the teacher doesn't have good class management or isn't strict enough I am worried that he will act out and take advantage of it. But he seems so excited that I am hoping it will be okay. He is almost much better behaved when his parents aren't around (apparently this is a common occurance). I want to talk to his teacher about it but I don't want to prejudice her against him.