Sarah's First Day at New Daycare

Monday was Sarah's 1st day at the new daycare center.  I purposely took Friday off to bring her to the center so she can get accustomed to the new environment.  Throughout the 1.5 hours I was there with her, she was very clingy and she cried on and off.  She stayed close to me most of the time, played a little bit, and cried when I was not in sight, even though I was only a few feet away.  Given all of this, I was very nervous about her first full day there.

On Monday, we dropped Sarah off in the morning and to my amazement, she was relatively calm.  She didn't cry or whine at all.  She wasn't even clingy.  I led her to the table for breakfast. She sat down and began feeding herself the cereal and bananas.  Both SQ and I then left.  We didn't spend more than 10 minutes there.  I was happy to see her settle in.  I called the center around 10am and they said Sarah is doing fine.  She was napping at that time.  I left work early at around 3:00p to pick Sarah up.  The teacher told me that she's new to the schedule and environment so she cried twice during the day, once after waking from her nap and once after coming back from the playground.  Most kids there have already transitioned to taking only 1 nap in the afternoon. Sarah still takes 2 naps during the day.  

I hope she will adapt to her new place soon.  I know it is overwhelming for a little baby to have such a big transition...but I know she will do just fine.  

Sarah playing in the kitchen

Sarah having breakfast