Giving Time

My little nearly 3 year old spends one day a week at Forest School - today in fact - Thursday. He loves it. However, I also noticed (and have noticed previously) that he tends to play up at bath and bed time on these days more than the other days and then penny just dropped! I haven't been appreciating how big a deal it is for him (or any child for that matter) to have this day away from home. I remember reading in The Science of Parenting that our babies/childs brain is being overloaded regularly from all sensory angles (which is why they have a tendency to melt down/tantrum). And so the penny dropping was me realising that I need to give him more time on these days. Common sense really but being a mum is busy and full on and little things like this can so easily be missed. So, note to self on Thursdays more Mamma cuddles, more Mamma snuggling after stories and staying with him until he drops of to sleep.