Daycare

Josh started daycare this week. It has been a rough transition for all of us, but overall it is going about how we expected. We dropped him off on Monday and at first he just thought we were out to play, and was excited to explore. When the teacher picked him up a few minutes later he looked at her and then at us, and burst into tears. It was really sad to see him figure out that he was about to be left there. We had to leave while he was still crying, which was really hard :-( He has done better the rest of the week, although there is generally a bit of crying or sad looks. He is always REALLY happy to be picked up which is very cute.

We have found that he has been much more needy while he is at home and has not been sleeping as well. I was expecting this to a certain extent because he doesn't get as much attention and comfort at daycare as he does with us or with our nanny. He is also very congested and has a bad runny nose, no fever yet...but we are a bit worried that will be next. The congestion made it hard for him to sleep last night. We were expecting him to start getting sick, but it is still very sad to watch your baby be sick and not be able to do much to help them.

Hopefully the worst is over! He is starting to adjust to the teachers and we think that he likes the toys at daycare better than the ones at home. I've been trying to do some extra snuggling and cuddling with him this week so that he knows that we care about him :-)

Snuggling with mommy

Tired after a long day at Daycare!