My son has hearing issues and speech issues. For those who don' t know what ppcd is , it is a preschool for kids with developmental issues. I posted almost an identical question on this the other day. It is the same issue with advice from his older brother I am considering. he has a 9x9 blanket with an animal head he calls his blankie. Ppcd took this away from him day one and he did alright. He had his tubes redone a couple of weeks ago. apperently his is throwing a fit to keep his blankie at school. ppcd teacher wants it taken away from him before he gets on the bus. this way the fit will be over by the time he gets to school. He has had a lot of changes with in the last 2 months. switch schools cause we had to switch daycares and he had his tubes done. We are in agreement me and his dad and brother taking it away right now is too soon. Daycare worker agrees on this too. I know an option I have is to have his iep changed. His older brother who is 22 made a comment when we were discussing this issue that he felt like his brother was not ready for school yet. The school is helping with potty training, speech and developmental issues caused by the ears. He is not sleeping right and not eating right. the ped said it was his ears were infected. I took him to the ent and he said there was no infection there. I don't know why he is not sleeping at night very well.
so the only time he wants his blankie is when he is tired or sick. he is sleeping at night but waking about 4am every night for the last week. he is napping at daycare the time varies.We did finally get him to start eating again and he is eating me out of house and home this week. but I really feel this is a very bad time to battle the blankie seperation. I understand they can't have different rules for different kids. so do I keep him in and fight the blankie issue. Or take the blankie away and just let him throw a fit? or do I pull him out of ppcd? the daycare worker lets him keep his blankie there. she is an inhome daycare. I need opinions to make a decision
Okay, Um, NOBODY is going to keep my 3 year old from her best friend who just happens to be her blankie! She is outgrowing needing it 24/7, but when she needs it, she needs it! No holding it back! I feel so sorry for all these children being forced to grow up so quickly. If a child is attached to something that they love, why take it away? They are only so little once!
Why would you take a blanket away from a child in preschool with developmental issues? Why take away a transitional object? He's had all kinds of change and then to take away a security blanket? None of it makes sense to me. This does not sound like the right place for your son or your family. Don't let a preschool dictate to you!!! I'm not saying this forcefully to you; I'm incensed that a preschool would respond this way.
You should take the blanket away from him before he goes to school but make sure he has it right after school when he gets to daycare. Most kids that are in a developmental preschool are going to have some kind of lovie or blankie or something and if every kid brought theirs to school the teachers wouldn't get anything done. My son goes to a dp and he has a doggie that I do not let him bring to school. When he has his doggie it is more about the doggie than getting his actual work done and thats not fair to the other kids and teachers. The teachers are there to help the kids and if all kids brought their special toy/blanket they would get nothing done. I know if I saw other kids bringing toys to school then I would get kind of annoyed. If you pull him out of daycare then thats not really fair to your son either because he won't be getting the services he needs.
Get the team together for a meeting and tell them he is keeping the blanket and if you find out they are not giving it to him there will be hell to pay. You are the mom and he can have a silly blanket at school.....they are just wanting to make him conform. If he wasn't having all the other issues I would be in agreement with them but he is obviously not doing great health wise or adjusting right now, and he has every right to be having a hard time with all this going on.
If your not feeling comfortable with their policies then I say keep him at his daycare where you feel comfortable and seek early intervention services. They will usually have someone for speech come to the child. They could provide services with your permission at the daycare as long as the provider is in agreement. I'm not sure since you mentioned IEP if your child has aged out of an IFSP? If so that is a different story. You may want to seek outside speech services until your son gets a little older and past all of these things he has had to endure. 3 is pretty young to rush into a real structured school setting. It's not impossible but every child is different. Go with your Mommy gut feeling. You are your childs best advocate. The school I'm sure has a curriculum and has to follow certain guidelines. Good luck.
