July 8 - To Quote Shania Twain... "Honey I'm Home, And I've Had A Hard Day"

Well, the best thing about day care yesterday is I slept like a rock last night. I fell asleep around 9 and, other than my 1:30 stirring, I slept until around 6 this morning!

Daddy took me into day care this morning. I had a pretty strong grip on his pinky while we walked around the room. A little boy named Ethan came over to me and was staring at me. I thought that was alright. Then he handed me a toy giraffe, and I thought, "cool" and sat down to play with it. Daddy took the opportunity to head out.

So, mommy and daddy had higher hopes for the day. I did not, though. When Daddy picked me up this afternoon, I was laying near the door by myself. Teacher Dana was sitting in the overstuffed chair with 2 kids in her lap. As soon as I saw Daddy, I commenced to wailing.

Daddy talked with teacher for a bit. She said that I had another rough day, and that it's totally normal for a kid who is new to a day care. She also said that I did not want to be comforted or consoled by her. I didn't eat very much at lunch, either. I did nap some.

Daddy can confirm I was pretty hungry tonight. I had cantaloupe, nearly a cup of mac & cheese (with carrots, ham, & peas), and FIFTY blueberries (according to Dad) AND crackers! I also drank a lot of Orange Juice, which is newish in my diet.

Mommy was devastated to hear all of this. She made some quick phone calls to see if my cousin Allie or my Aunt Kelley could play with me for a while tomorrow morning. My G'rents are driving home from California right now (Can I get a "WOOT WOOT"?!?!?!) and plan to be back in town Wednesday, 8-ish a.m. After hearing my mom cry on the phone, they really want to be home to take care of me. I need them and they need me!!! SO, if they end up stopping to catch a few zzz's during the night, the plan is for Mommy to take her laptop (and me) to Aunt Kelley's tomorrow morning. She and cousin Joey will play with me for a few hours while Mommy works. The most important thing for Mommy is to be available for a 9:30 conference call. That should last just 30 minutes. I think I can handle that.

I hope that next time I have to go to day care that Mommy and Daddy will ease me into it. I would probably do much better if I a) started going to play groups and b) went to day care for 1/2 days to begin with, not full days. That was pretty cold turkey to do to me!!

Ah well, I don't have to go tomorrow (nyah, nyah, nyah) I was SO tuckered today that I was in bed by 7:45 p.m. and asleep by 8 PM. Mommy has her fingers crossed that I'm down for ALLLLL night!