I had a strange feeling this morning when I dropped Brooke off at daycare. It was happy, proud, and sad, all at the same time.
Now that she's wanting to walk everywhere, I've started letting her walk in/out of school as long as she's holding hands. (I'm hoping that holding hands there - she does great - will lead to her always hold hands while we're out so that we can avoid a "leash" for her). I digress. This morning, she walked in and upon reaching the classroom, let go of my hand and ran to Ms. Negesti - exactly how she normally runs to me when I pick her up.
Happy? Yes - she obviously loves her school.
Proud? Yes - she's so grown up and running to give Ms. Negesti a hug is such a show of affection.
Sad? Yes - She's my little girl and I can't help but worry that, if she's that attached to her teacher, maybe she spends too much time there (she basically goes on a regular school schedule - even longer. 8:30 am - 5 pm mostly every day - Jim doesn't get to keep her home too much anymore).
Mostly, the happy and proud are winning out - she's grown into such a sweet girl with a big heart.
I hope the next 5 hours fly by so I can see her running towards me like that ;-)
Showing posts with label daycare. Show all posts
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
A whole lotta nothin'
Today is Brooke's first day in a new "class" at daycare. They call this class the "Twaddler" room, and the kids are all 18 months - 2 years old. Brooke is now the youngest in her class again. She really likes the teachers - Amanda and Negesti - so I think it will be a good move :-)
Last night Brooke woke up at 11 pm and didn't go back to sleep until 2 am. She would start to fall asleep and then wake up screaming, like something was scaring her. I have no idea what it was. Jim had to stay late at work, so I was on my own. It was rough. I would get her calmed down, lay her back down (she goes to sleep better laying in her bed than if I try to hold her) - and she would doze off for about 20 minutes. Just as I was almost asleep and she was about to go into a deep sleep, it would start all over again. She's been drooling and chewing on her fingers and I felt some bumps in her mouth - I thought "teeth," and gave in and gave her Tylenol at midnight. No go. I could tell she peed, so I changed her diaper and gave her some milk - still didn't work. Finally, I just let her scream bloody murder and call for me (Momma, Momma, Mommyyy, momma) in her sad crying voice - while I sat in my bedroom and cried myself. It took 25 minutes and she was out like a light.
I'm pretty sure Brooke's going through a growth spurt now - she's eating a ton, all day, every day. WAY more than normal - maybe that explains the crappy sleeping? I'm open to suggestions!
We spent the weekend doing nothing at home. I finally got all my Christmas decorations down. I enjoyed it - I drive so much during the week that I love having "downtime" with Brooke and Jim on the weekends. Jim starts overnights Wednesday, so he'll be working/sleeping this weekend, but the weekend after will be a 4-day weekend for him and I'm looking forward to finding something fun to do that weekend! I would love to do a little roadtrip - any suggestions for a road trip in Florida that's relatively inexpensive and involves kid-friendly activities?
Today is officially the start of my diet. I got on the scale this morning - so disappointing. I'll update every week using this format:
Wt loss this wk:
Total wt loss:
Notes/observations:
Never will you know my true weight ;-)
Also, my face and SCALP are broken out. Worse than a hormone-driven teenager. I have no idea why - it's been so long since my skin was this bad. I have combination skin - more on the dry side. Any suggestions what to use to clear it up? I'm trying to avoid salicylic acid products........
Last night Brooke woke up at 11 pm and didn't go back to sleep until 2 am. She would start to fall asleep and then wake up screaming, like something was scaring her. I have no idea what it was. Jim had to stay late at work, so I was on my own. It was rough. I would get her calmed down, lay her back down (she goes to sleep better laying in her bed than if I try to hold her) - and she would doze off for about 20 minutes. Just as I was almost asleep and she was about to go into a deep sleep, it would start all over again. She's been drooling and chewing on her fingers and I felt some bumps in her mouth - I thought "teeth," and gave in and gave her Tylenol at midnight. No go. I could tell she peed, so I changed her diaper and gave her some milk - still didn't work. Finally, I just let her scream bloody murder and call for me (Momma, Momma, Mommyyy, momma) in her sad crying voice - while I sat in my bedroom and cried myself. It took 25 minutes and she was out like a light.
I'm pretty sure Brooke's going through a growth spurt now - she's eating a ton, all day, every day. WAY more than normal - maybe that explains the crappy sleeping? I'm open to suggestions!
We spent the weekend doing nothing at home. I finally got all my Christmas decorations down. I enjoyed it - I drive so much during the week that I love having "downtime" with Brooke and Jim on the weekends. Jim starts overnights Wednesday, so he'll be working/sleeping this weekend, but the weekend after will be a 4-day weekend for him and I'm looking forward to finding something fun to do that weekend! I would love to do a little roadtrip - any suggestions for a road trip in Florida that's relatively inexpensive and involves kid-friendly activities?
Today is officially the start of my diet. I got on the scale this morning - so disappointing. I'll update every week using this format:
Wt loss this wk:
Total wt loss:
Notes/observations:
Never will you know my true weight ;-)
Also, my face and SCALP are broken out. Worse than a hormone-driven teenager. I have no idea why - it's been so long since my skin was this bad. I have combination skin - more on the dry side. Any suggestions what to use to clear it up? I'm trying to avoid salicylic acid products........
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