Today was Mason's first day at daycare and my first day back at work. I've been building it up in my mind for weeks - I just knew he was going to scream and panic and I was going to cry and blubber, but thankfully only one of those things happened!
We got there around 7:15 and headed to his room. I gave the teachers all of his things and hugged him and said bye. When I stepped over the baby gate, he fussed just a bit and came to give me kisses, but he was so distracted and fascinated by the new room and all the kids, he didn't even notice when I left. I snapped a quick picture and barely made it out the door before I started crying.
I called around 10:30 to check on him, and all they said was that he was doing great! I decided not to probe further just in case they were lying. =)
When I went to pick him up, I watched him through the window for a minute before going in. He was playing in the corner with another boy and looked like he was having fun. He saw me and got a funny look on his face like "Hey, I know you!" When I went in, he smiled at me but didn't come running like expected - at least not until I held my arms out for him and then he cuddled with me all the way to the car.
I was completely shocked when they said he ate well AND took a great nap! I never, ever thought that they would be able to get him to sleep on a mat on the floor on the first day, but they did! They even said he had fun gluing red tissue paper to construction paper! =)
I'm so glad that things went so smoothly today despite the fact that I missed my baby like crazy. I hope the smoothness continues so this transition will be as painless as possible for both of us!
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