Aaron is an anxious child. He really doesn’t like new places or situations and takes a few days to settle into a new routine.
This week both kids are at a new camp. Its small and intimate, about 8 kids, in the camp mothers house. We thought that since the kids would be together, Aaron’s anxiety would not be so bad. We also decided that maybe having a way to communicate with us if he needed to would help him be more settled. So we bought a ₪150 (R500) Nokia ‘dumb’ phone (it makes calls, sends sms and has a radio) and added him to our cell contract for an additional ₪10/month, which gives him a set number of minutes and sms.
We told him the phone is for emergencies and he must only use it if he really really needed us.
On Sunday I received 10 calls from him. After having a chat about wasting the minutes and not having them when you really need them, I only received 6 calls yesterday. I’m hoping that they have settled in today and I don’t get any calls but I will probably get at least 3…
Oh its tough to deal with anxiety. Hope today is better
Shame, poor guy. Shae is also quite an anxious child. Hope today is better 🙂
Really enjoying every blog post about your time in Israel. The cell phone is a good solution for him, hopefully, the calls will only pick up when he feels anxious in a new situation. He looks like such a sweet kid!
Well, Im happy to report that by 1:30pm we only had 1 call and that was because he tripped and fell on his knee and he was sore 🙂
Glad he’s easing into it! Also, yay for a phone! 🙂
Good on you for giving a lifeline of sorts.