It's Official, Bunny!
In 4 weeks from now, you’ll be starting daycare full-time, though we’ve signed you up part-time starting the couple of weeks prior to that so you can get used to it. We didn’t think it was such a good idea to just drop you off there one day and abandon you for the full day. Not that we like for you to go there in the first place, but it’s the only option we have. At this time anyway.
You are now all signed up with the first place we visited, the private one that we liked. Ilda, your homecare provider (yikes… saying that will take some time getting used to) seems super nice and super flexible, she’s got a house and a yard full of toys, and she’ll take you on outings. We liked her, we liked her set-up and you seemed to like her to – and, she gets big gold stars for this one, she didn’t try to slobber all over you! Plus, she didn't try to force you to play with her or hug her, but waited for you to come to her when you were ready, and that’s really all that’s needed to make you happy around new people.
Papa and I don’t feel totally horrible for having to abandon you. I mean, we do, but at least we get to abandon you with someone who’s nice and who’s got toys and books and who’s flexible and doesn’t have plastic couch protectors. So yeah, I guess under the circumstances we’ll be able to deal with it – besides, everyone tells me that leaving a little monkey at daycare is much harder for the parents than it is for the monkey herself. So I’m just gonna go with that, at least for now.
Papa is having a hard time starting to think about going back to work. In his usual fashion, he won’t really talk about it, but I know. I also know how he feels, ‘cause when I had to do it back in February I barely knew how to deal with it. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do and I was so completely upset about it that I just cried and cried and cried for days.
Anyway, we seemed to have tamed your tantrums a bit and once again you’re more enjoyable. You still like to shove as much food into your mouth as possible, up to the point of near choking, and when we don’t give you more until you’ve chewed and swallowed, you have a complete meltdown.
And we’re also weaning you. You’ve been fairly good with it, but it’s pretty clear that you’d prefer to keep going with the boob. I’m sorry Bunny, but it’s got to be done. I just wish we could explain it to you so you wouldn’t be so completely blindsided by it.
You are now all signed up with the first place we visited, the private one that we liked. Ilda, your homecare provider (yikes… saying that will take some time getting used to) seems super nice and super flexible, she’s got a house and a yard full of toys, and she’ll take you on outings. We liked her, we liked her set-up and you seemed to like her to – and, she gets big gold stars for this one, she didn’t try to slobber all over you! Plus, she didn't try to force you to play with her or hug her, but waited for you to come to her when you were ready, and that’s really all that’s needed to make you happy around new people.
Papa and I don’t feel totally horrible for having to abandon you. I mean, we do, but at least we get to abandon you with someone who’s nice and who’s got toys and books and who’s flexible and doesn’t have plastic couch protectors. So yeah, I guess under the circumstances we’ll be able to deal with it – besides, everyone tells me that leaving a little monkey at daycare is much harder for the parents than it is for the monkey herself. So I’m just gonna go with that, at least for now.
Papa is having a hard time starting to think about going back to work. In his usual fashion, he won’t really talk about it, but I know. I also know how he feels, ‘cause when I had to do it back in February I barely knew how to deal with it. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do and I was so completely upset about it that I just cried and cried and cried for days.
Anyway, we seemed to have tamed your tantrums a bit and once again you’re more enjoyable. You still like to shove as much food into your mouth as possible, up to the point of near choking, and when we don’t give you more until you’ve chewed and swallowed, you have a complete meltdown.
And we’re also weaning you. You’ve been fairly good with it, but it’s pretty clear that you’d prefer to keep going with the boob. I’m sorry Bunny, but it’s got to be done. I just wish we could explain it to you so you wouldn’t be so completely blindsided by it.
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