It's normal that I'm feeling weepy and vaguely anxious about putting Annabel in daycare, right? Because we were just there picking up her enrollment forms, and most of the kids in her class are bigger than her! Which is normal, because it's an 18-24 month class and she's at the lower end of the age range, but she looks so short and slim and fragile next to some of the boys! And that big playground that was a selling point now has me all scared, because it's hard to watch all the kids at the same time when they spread out, and a quiet, daring little girl who likes to climb could fall off the equipment while no one is looking.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
Spike's Bitches 27: I'm Embarrassed for Our Kind.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Susan W. - Nov 09, 2005 2:27:08 pm PST #3857 of 10003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Laura - Nov 09, 2005 2:29:29 pm PST #3858 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
It would be abnormal if you weren't freaked when you put your child in daycare. It is a scary thing. Experience has proven to me that the kids love it. Mine wailed until I was out of sight then had a great time.
DavidS - Nov 09, 2005 2:30:31 pm PST #3859 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's normal that I'm feeling weepy and vaguely anxious about putting Annabel in daycare, right?
Normal. I remember Aimee fretting about it recently. You get used to it fairly quick though.
Emmett was the only baby (and at 5 months, quite young) at his daycare, until he was 1.
(I still remember all the toddlers yelling, "The baby's Daddy is here!" when I came to pick him up.)
amych - Nov 09, 2005 2:30:58 pm PST #3860 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Everyone I've ever known who's put a kid in daycare has felt the same (no experience of my own to add, but I'm sure I'd be a complete mess -- I'm the freak who keeps calling the dogsitter to check in).
Cashmere - Nov 09, 2005 2:33:25 pm PST #3861 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm the freak who keeps calling the dogsitter to check in
Heh. I still do this, too.
Susan W. - Nov 09, 2005 2:35:56 pm PST #3862 of 10003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
In just the past hour, I've gone from, "Daycare will be good for her because she'll be around other kids and have teachers who have actual training in early childhood development and such," to, "How can any one person watch 6-7 toddlers at the same time?! My poor little girl!"
Glad to know it's normal.
DavidS - Nov 09, 2005 2:41:44 pm PST #3863 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Glad to know it's normal.
It's really hard to imagine (at first) that you can trust a stranger to keep your kid alive.
And yet they do!
sj - Nov 09, 2005 2:58:10 pm PST #3864 of 10003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Susan, Congratulations on the job!
{{{{{{{{{{{{{juliana}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Wishing you tons of coping~ma and direction~ma.
{{{vw}}} Feel better.
It was Mom's birthday today, and I didn't have classes because of scheduling weirdness at my school, so we had a nice lunch with margaritas and had a fun day tipsily shopping.
vw bug - Nov 09, 2005 3:02:22 pm PST #3865 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Not!Emily has a friend over for dinner. Toto decided to pee all over the kitchen floor. Nice.
DavidS - Nov 09, 2005 3:05:27 pm PST #3866 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Toto decided to pee all over the kitchen floor.
"I'll get you my pretty! And your dinner guest too!"