Sweet Cheeks's First 1/2 Day of Day Care

Today was the day. Sweet Cheeks started day care. She only did a few hours, we decided to slowly transition her over a week before she started full time care. Talk about heart and gut wrenching. So originally I had thought that the thought of having Nick home with Sweet Cheeks when I went back to work didn't make the transition for me any easier. Boy was I wrong. Today was so much worse that my first day back at work.

I cried all the way there, sucked it up while we were there, and then cried in the parking lot and all the way to work. While I was in the parking lot with Nick, another couple who had dropped their infant out came out to their car. The wife said, "I promise it gets easier. Our son started 2 weeks ago so I know how you feel." That really did help. To see her not crying a drop gave me hope. I'm hoping tomorrow will be easier for Mommy.

I called the day care 3 times. She was only there 2 1/2 hours. They never got annoyed. They seemed to really love her and it sounded like she had a total blast. When Nick got there to pick her up, she had a new friend and they were giggling. The teacher said Sweet Cheeks had been giggling for 20 minutes. Now if it were only that easy for Mommy.