It Never Ends
Nov. 1st, 2006 05:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ste_noniI'm sure everyone is tired of hearing me go on and on about sending Ellie to daycare, but it's still really on my mind.
We went to her orientation today. She did really well while I was in the room. She took off, played with a bunch of toys, and interacted with a few kids. Then Joe and I left for the orientation and after about 20 minutes, Joe went to check on her and she was crying with a runny nose and that hiccup that babies get from crying hard. I would have been shocked if she hadn't cried. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised at how well she did while we were there.
I know she will adjust. It's a really good daycare. I know it will be hard on me no matter what. Still, the place just seemed sad to me. Two little boys had runny noses. The teachers got to them eventually, but I *hate* the idea of Ellie running around with snot on her face. One little girl kept losing her shoes and I put them back on her three or four times. It struck me that Ellie could and will be interacting with people, maybe putting on her shoes, and I'll never know about it. That's not bad, exactly, but it's a huge change from the way her life is now.
The daycare has an excellent reputation and I don't have much experience with daycares. Still, it just seemed to me that Ellie will be spending an awful lot of time on her own, playing by herself, unless she gets hurt/upset or she hurts/upsets someone else.
We went to her orientation today. She did really well while I was in the room. She took off, played with a bunch of toys, and interacted with a few kids. Then Joe and I left for the orientation and after about 20 minutes, Joe went to check on her and she was crying with a runny nose and that hiccup that babies get from crying hard. I would have been shocked if she hadn't cried. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised at how well she did while we were there.
I know she will adjust. It's a really good daycare. I know it will be hard on me no matter what. Still, the place just seemed sad to me. Two little boys had runny noses. The teachers got to them eventually, but I *hate* the idea of Ellie running around with snot on her face. One little girl kept losing her shoes and I put them back on her three or four times. It struck me that Ellie could and will be interacting with people, maybe putting on her shoes, and I'll never know about it. That's not bad, exactly, but it's a huge change from the way her life is now.
The daycare has an excellent reputation and I don't have much experience with daycares. Still, it just seemed to me that Ellie will be spending an awful lot of time on her own, playing by herself, unless she gets hurt/upset or she hurts/upsets someone else.
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