Daycare Update

Mason has now completed four weeks of daycare.  Things are finally starting to get better - he still cries when I drop him off, and whines when I pick him up, but they say the morning crying never last longer than a few seconds, and he's usually cheerful for the rest of the day!  It definitely does a mommy's heart good to know that her baby is cheerful even without her! 

One difficult thing that we've been dealing with is illnesses - I was prepared for him to be sick, but it's been crazy!  His second week in, he ended up with a cold, which all three of us got.  As soon as we finally got over that, he spent a whole weekend with a fever (this past weekend.)  His fever finally went away, but he got a horrible rash all over his chest and back that really worried us.  We took him to the doctor Wednesday and she said it was roseola, and that he wasn't contagious anymore, and it would go away on its own.  I stayed home with him on Wednesday, and we literally spent the entire day on the couch napping and watching TV - I could tell my poor kid just felt awful, since he never even pulled out a toy or a book. Thursday, my wonderful parents kept him so he wouldn't have to go back to daycare just yet, and by Friday he seemed pretty much back to normal.

Yesterday, our daycare had "Grandparent's Day" and they had a party for all the grandparents at 4:00.  My parents went and took some pictures for me.  It seems that Mason was a little grouchy and clingy by the time they got there, but that's pretty normal and expected after such a long day!

What a grouchy face! 

We love our daycare, and I'm so glad that they let Mason's grandparents be involved too!  Now let's hope for an illness-free week next week!