Day Care News

I knew that Rowan would take being left at Day Care on Monday like a real trooper. I knew he wouldn't cry or fuss. I thought I wanted him to show some apprehension about being left behind. You know, as a sign that he wanted his mommy over someone else? But on Monday and Tuesday he went happily to Amanda and I left bruised. However, I was far more upset when I left him on Wednesday when he was reaching for me at the door. As selfish as I think I am sometimes, I know that I want what is best for Rowan because I did what I had to do-- I left quickly without fussing myself so that he would know that *it* was okay. You see, my friend Lori who is a Day Care provider told me that babies who cry when their parents are leaving stop crying about 3 seconds after the parents are gone. I wanted that for Rowan. I wanted him to go and have fun with the girls. I wanted that more than I wanted him to miss me.

Amanda made my day by sending me a little note explaining what Rowan was up to after I left. She said that Emily was busy reading to Rowan with her reading glasses on. She was trying to teach him baby sign language. He, apparently, wasn't all that interested but the photos that were included in the note seemed to suggest that he was having that fun I wanted him to have anyway. This is what he looked like on Wednesday with his new best friend Emily.