School bus rides

I have extended the hours of Nathan's kindergarten just so that he avoids the long and arduous journey from grandma's place to school. The ride takes 40 to 45 minutes and takes him through multiple carparks before dropping off at
school. The bumpiness of the journey causes him to suffer from motion sickness and creates a mess before school starts thus affecting his mood and destroys the eagerness of going to school. Each morning he also faces the grab and go situation similar to the kidnapping scenes which we see in movies where a van drives by and grabs him from his mommy and he screams and struggles on the bus before the auntie manage to calm him down. As a third party, i feel that the process is highly traumatic! Imagine the negative association and how he would have felt about education and the impact long term? It dragged for weeks, but his relentless crying and vomiting still hasn't stopped. I knew i had to do something about this.

Extending the hours meant that he can go to school from home together with jie jie who can look after him which helps make the journey bearable. He is a much happier student now and the driver who prepares a morning surprise for him to settle him down certainly contributed to the calming down effect as well! Fortunately this worked! He is starting to enjoy school now!
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