Did your twins cry when separated at school?

I feel so bad.

Hayden told me late last week that after recess was over and he and Brady had to go back to their separate classes, Brady started to cry, so Hayden hugged him and then Hayden started crying. They assured me they stopped crying before getting back to class, but Brady's teacher told me this morning that Brady had a tough time Thursday and Friday afternoons and was a bit weepy and told her he misses his brother. When the class drew pictures, he drew one of him and Hayden together. :itwins_boys:

I thought it was nice of the teacher to be concerned and to tell me about it. You can tell she really loves the kids. Her eyes were welling up just telling me about it.

I assume this is typical when they first get separated. Do you think it will last long? I feel strongly that separating them was the right decision, but I feel so bad for them right now. Poor little guys!

 

Connor does fine on his own, Aaron can not handle it at all. He will cry and be very upset, saying he misses Connor and has to be with him. That is why we decided to still keep them together. I am not at all opposed to separation, but we knew Aaron's little heart wasn't ready.

I am sure they will do fine! I know how hard it can be! Keep us posted! :hug99:

 

Yes, that is perfectly normal. The girls would get sad occassionaly too, and I bet they still do. As long as they are willing to keep on working and don't spend too much time missing each other, I wouldn't worry. They have been a constant in each others lives, that it sounds like they are doing just fine dealing with it. :hug99:

 

This just breaks my heart to read this. My two had their first day seperate today. They are in first grade and went to two years of PreSchool and Kindergarten together. It was my choice to seperate, the school left it up to me. My daughter was upset today. My son has been talking about it the last few weeks. He has been asking why they needed to be seperated, etc. I think the anticipation was making him nervous. I know for my two in the end I think it will be the best for them, but it is just heartbreaking. To top it off there are B/G twins in my daughters 1st grade class from their Kindergarten class. Their mom chose not to seperate them, so that was just making me feel worse.

It is really touching how much they love and care for one another!

 

awww
me and my sisters defiantly kicked up a stink in kindy, we refused to be separated so they put us all in one class!

 

We separated our kids in preschool, so by the time they started Kindergarten last week, there were no issues with being in different classes with different classmates and different teachers. It might take your boys a couple of weeks to adjust, but soon they will be confident on their own.

 

My brother and I were separated in elementry school but we were older than kindergarten and had already been in classes together for a few years. I can still remember when it happened because it was hard at first. Just imagine doing everything with someone for as long as you can remember and then all of a sudden being on your own... tough stuff. It definitely takes some getting used to, but the thing is that you get used to it. Maybe because we were a little older the transition was easier. Either way, I think it was good that we were separated because it made us become individuals and more self dependent. Just remind them that they still have each other every day before school, recesses, after school, weekends... etc.

 

No, mine never cried when separated. They were okay with just knowing where their brother was and what he was doing. But they were also very happy to be apart and in their own space. They also were never big criers about anything so even if they were sad at school at not being together (and I'm sure there were times) they never showed it. They also never cried when separated from me at preschool or such.

 

They told me they've gotten through the past two days without tears :banana:. Hayden said he waits for Brady's class to come to recess, and then he runs and hugs Brady and they go play together. :wub: