Spring Stress
Spring time might actually be a more stressful time for 4 and 5 year old children than Christmas time. The Spring brings new life to the outdoors and with that comes daylight savings time, sports, later nights outside playing and Kindergarten registration. All this leads the way to very tired children. Lets start with the outdoors. All winter we have been couped up inside tying to find a creative way to release their energy. We are able to get outside for a bit some days but the children are typically so bundled up they can barely move much less run around. Now comes the warmer days. You are going on bike rides, playing at the park, running in the backyard. You can stay out for 2,3,4 hours without getting frost bite. We are tiring our children out with fresh air and exercise. It is still light out at 8 PM. They don't want to go to bed when it's light out and either do we! For some 4 and 5 year olds this is their first chance to play organized sports (soccer, T ball