today my little man - began another chapter of his life... today my little man started daycare.
in the midst of all the changes that we've been having, he has coped remarkably well, at least mostly.
Sure there have been tantrums - but he's two after all..
Our day began with a sleep in - bought on by a 430am wake up call, which meant some rushing to get ready.
Thankfully, unlike most mornings little man's desire to comply was high.
It was with minimal fuss that breakfast was eaten.
The next task to tackle was to get him dressed. Again for some reason there was greater ease to get this done. No distractions overtook his attention.
We had been prepping him the last couple of weeks talking about going to daycare, so that he knew what was going on.
We did a trial run to the center yesterday - which I think helped.
Our car trip on the way to the center was littered with inevitable sightings of buses, trains, trucks - all which made a little boy very happy.
Within a minute of signing in, little man is off, he finds a puzzle and begins playing with it, and even refuses my attempts to help.
From there there's no turning back, he happily says goodbye and heads off to further explore his new surrounds.
I think my heart skipped a beat, with the confidence of my little man, there
were no tears, no cries of 'mummy don't go'.
Speaking with the director of the center later in the afternoon, she remarks,
that little man is so well settled it's like he has always been coming for years.
I am thankful for how quickly little man has embraced this new stage of life, my little bird is learning to fly.
in the midst of all the changes that we've been having, he has coped remarkably well, at least mostly.
Sure there have been tantrums - but he's two after all..
Our day began with a sleep in - bought on by a 430am wake up call, which meant some rushing to get ready.
Thankfully, unlike most mornings little man's desire to comply was high.
It was with minimal fuss that breakfast was eaten.
The next task to tackle was to get him dressed. Again for some reason there was greater ease to get this done. No distractions overtook his attention.
We had been prepping him the last couple of weeks talking about going to daycare, so that he knew what was going on.
We did a trial run to the center yesterday - which I think helped.
Our car trip on the way to the center was littered with inevitable sightings of buses, trains, trucks - all which made a little boy very happy.
Within a minute of signing in, little man is off, he finds a puzzle and begins playing with it, and even refuses my attempts to help.
From there there's no turning back, he happily says goodbye and heads off to further explore his new surrounds.
I think my heart skipped a beat, with the confidence of my little man, there
were no tears, no cries of 'mummy don't go'.
Speaking with the director of the center later in the afternoon, she remarks,
that little man is so well settled it's like he has always been coming for years.
I am thankful for how quickly little man has embraced this new stage of life, my little bird is learning to fly.
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Oh, that's fabulous news! So glad your little man settled in so quickly!
ReplyDeleteMy boys cried as I left them on the first day. I had to sit in the car for 15 minutes as I was bawling my eyes out.
But they love it now. It's such a beautiful sight to see their eyes so excited and full of life when I go to pick them up.
It's wonderful to know how well your little one has settled into daycare. We haven't braced those steps yet as I am a stay at home mum. But hopefully when I need to drop her at preschool or kindy, she will cope with it just as well.
ReplyDeleteLet me just say that the happy experience was short lived!
DeleteThat's so great he settled in so easily. Mine cried and didn't like me leaving, he was fine though, but it was hard and I felt terrible. You're very lucky.
ReplyDeleteThe cheeky boy led me into a false sense of security - the proceeding days were filled with lots of tears. We continue to work through it at the moment, he still gets upset with drop off but has such a great time that he hates to leave. the teacher said this may continue until he starts school... in the meantime i live in hope!
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