1st day of school photos!

Don't get me wrong it is lovely to see all my friends photos of their children on the first day back at school each year, but the last one I got was on the first day of reception! I've not been able to do another one since. The first day back at school in this household is not one of excitement and joy but one of stress and worry. I have a child who doesn't like change. If he could go back to school with the same teacher he had the previous year in the same class it would be fine. I'd get a photo because he would be happy, instead I have a very stressful first week where he doesn't want to go to school and has to be prized off of me by his teacher at the door. He doesn't like change and can't cope with it. He won't admit that he is scared until we get to school or he is asked if he has any worries, but we can't ask this question too early or we'd never get to school. We can't talk about the return to school too soon or we then have it even worse as it's been built into something even more. So a huge shout out to all those parents who can't get a school photo on the first day back and look enviously and jealously at their friends photos, hitting like but wishing I could have one too.