Daycare: Week One

Week 1 ended quickly and left us with a sick baby. 

I dropped Noah off at daycare 4 out of the 5 days. Each day was worse than the previous day. Every drop off consisted of a crying and screaming fit. It consisted of drool and slobber everywhere. There was a whole lot of clingliness and just a very unhappy baby. My husband had Friday off from work so it was his turn. I waited in the car and he came out pretty quickly...And was pretty horrified by Noah's reaction. 

On my days, I made sure he didn't see me when it was time to leave. I didn't have the heart to do that. I would face him away from the main door, kiss his head and skip away quietly and quickly. The second day was the only day I didn't hear his screams as I exited the front door. 

The teacher, Ms. Mariann is nice. They daycare uses an app called "Learning Genie" where they update about mealtime, naps, activities and diapers. They can also post pictures. Mariann tries to update as much as she can, and it's very comforting (except that he looks pretty unhappy in the pics, lol) but she swears he's content, after his crying fits are done of course. My husband or I also call once each day, just to see how he's doing. She also reassured us that by week 2, it should get easier to drop him off. 

Example of Learning Genie from day 1: 

There are 3-4 other boys in his group so alhamdulillah he does get attention. At the moment, he's only going 1/2 time, 8 am -  12 pm, and the rest is spent at his grandparents. Maybe in a few weeks we will transition to full time. 

We avoided daycare for a long time because of illnesses associated with going. My husband was more reluctant than I but it came to a point where we kind of had no choice. I feel guilty for working full time and sending him there but I remind myself that its good for him, he gets to interact with other children and play... All day. Now who wouldn't love playing all day? Plus the daycare has great reviews and some parents we spoke to were pretty satisfied, alhamdulillah. 

Now this weekend will be spent recuperating. He's got a runny nose, sniffles and a fever. Inshallah praying he is well by Monday so we can repeat this process all over again. And I have a feeling these fits will not end any time soon.