daycare

After weeks of debating what our "next move" was going to be, we finally did it... We enrolled Jonah at a daycare centre for two full days each week. I was feeling somewhat frustrated with the fact that when Glenn is away for WEEKS at a time, I really don't have good opportunity to work. That was the main contributing factor. Plus the fact that Jonah was always begging to go to daycare to play with Miles.

So Jonah had a couple of good visits and then started! Day one was super smooth. Drop off, around 10am, was dreamily easy. I worked only a couple of hours that day, ran some errands, and then picked him up early, around 4pm, because the weather was dreadful and I didn't feel like going home, only to go back out in it again. He teachers said he had a GREAT first day (although of course he didn't nap there). He was happy to see me and off we went.

However, after dropping him off that day, I struck up a conversation with the owner. I had brought my resume in a month earlier. They really needed somebody... for the NEXT day. So I agreed to work the TWO following days. Jonah would be there all day, in a different room from me.

So, days two and three did NOT go so well. The problem appeared to be the fact that I was IN the building somewhere. He cried a lot, wanting to go and find me and be with me. On the bright side, he DID nap!

Jonah did NOT want to say good-bye to me at bedtime tonight either. Oh dear!

So, his next day is Friday. I'll be working ELSEWHERE that day. It will be interesting to see how that goes. In the meantime, tomorrow, I plan on dropping him off at a friend's house while
I work for 3 hours or so. I'm a little afraid that he will have difficulty without me. Normally, dropping him off with friends or family isn't a problem at all. He's usually fine... but I'm guessing the 3 days of daycare trauma may have a negative influence on tomorrow. I'll let you know!

Only FIVE full days left of Glenn being away. Man, this trip has been a long one and it's getting OLD! At least I have been busy and distracted. That helps. Although, at the end of a tiring day like today, a hug from my hubby would SURE be nice! Miss u babe!

Update: Jonah was fine at my friend's house today, so that was a relief. On the way home from there though, we got talking about tomorrow being a daycare day. He basically told me he was going to be sad and cry all day and look for me. I repeatedly tried to explain that I would be at a different work, and that I would pick him up to take him home for supper. Before bed he started talking about it again, and even got a bit of a pout on his face like he was going to cry at the anticipation of daycare. I assured him I loved him, would miss him, would ALWAYS come back to get him and have big hugs, etc. He said he wanted a BIG hug before I left and I told him if he needed big hugs there, the teachers could give him some. I reminded him of all the fun things there, and so on. But man, I really could have cried just from the look on his face and the worry in his heart. But, I know this is ALL normal as children transition, and he WILL be fine eventually!