Day-care fun
Going to day care isn't easy. Amanda shed a few tears and felt like we were abandoning Nathaniel to a bunch of strangers. I tried to be certain for Amanda while I wondered, inside, how we could abandon Nathaniel to a bunch of strangers.
But he has done pretty well so far. He's eating OK. He's not sleeping really well at day care (so much new stuff to see! plus, it's kinda loud), so he's been sleepy and fussy upon returning home. The fussiness has made Amanda feel even worse ... upset because Nathaniel's obviously very sad from day care.
But, really, it's been going OK. Except the day care did just about the worst thing they could have done on the first day. When Amanda and I went to pick him up, the workers noted that his hands were a little blue.
Amanda and I immediately went into panic mode. We thought: They're blue? Why weren't we called? We remembered all the terrible things that happened three months ago when Nathaniel was born. We remembered the bluish skin. We remembered the cold toes. And this happened on the first day in day care?
Then, the caregivers continued their thoughts. They noted that Nathaniel, and all the kids, had made something special for Mother's Day, and he still had some traces of blue paint on his hands. It wasn't until we got back into the car that we could talk about what happened ... or breathe again.
Oh well, I'm sure this whole thing gets easier.
posted by Mark Correa @ 2:44 PM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
Glad to hear that at the end of the day everything was OK. Being the Mom of 3 and a worry wart over every little thing! (still) I know how everything revolves around your child. Take it one day at a time and before you know it you will be comfortable about daycare. Love to read your Blog everyday at work. I tell everyone about your blog and the adventures nathanel has gone thru. So glad to see the Photos too.
keep up the awesome parenting!
christine
I've been reading your blog since the beginning. I know what it feels like to leave your child at day care. My kids are 8 and 6.5 now but they were in day care until they were 3 and 1.5. They were there because I thought we needed two incomes and I thought I'd be wasting my Ivy League education and MBA to be a stay-at-home mom. But I missed them so much. And when I calculated how few hours I really got to spend with them, I had do something. I took it in small steps - working part-time, then quitting my office job and doing day care from my home, then quitting day care and being a full-time stay-at-home mom. I found out we didn't need that second income after all.
Do you both really have to work? There are a lot of resources to help you figure it out. Do a 'net search on "afford stay at home."
All I'm saying is, check it out. We're all caught up in the idea that two incomes are necessary and they may not be after all.
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