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LO starts daycare tomorrow :(
I know I've had a whole year off... I feel so lucky about that. I think I've been dreading the whole daycare thing since he was a month old 
He goes tomorrow for two hours and I stay there in the parents room. The next is 4 hours, 6 hours, etc. and I can leave. I know many of you have gone through this and when your LO's were much younger... any advice for this Mama? I really hope I don't cry...
I start work on Friday if I can or officially start next Monday... not sure how the morning routine will go just yet. Do you wake your LO's up if they aren't up early enough?
Thanks ladies 
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Re: LO starts daycare tomorrow :(
Aww I know it's hard! But if it makes you feel better, my guys loved - and I mean LOVED - daycare. It actually made me really sad to pull them out when we moved because they loved it that much! It was like a big fun party all day, and there were other kids to play with and more activities than I can do at home.
The transition thing is tricky...some kids do better if their parent is available for a few hours. Others just need to be left alone to get distracted by all the fun around them (this was the case with mine - they actually did much better when I left immediately without a big fuss, like it was the most natural thing in the world).
I let my guys sleep in as long as possible - I'd get up, get myself ready, etc., before getting them up to give them as much sleep time as possible. But really, I only had to wake them up once or twice and then they started getting up at that time on their own.
no advice, since LO isn't in daycare, but it'll be ok and like Lisa said...soon you'll be sad that he loves it there so much he doesn't want to go home! it is really harder for you than it is for him and he will do just fine!
(also be prepared for him to get sick his first week there
once they start hanging around other kids they get sick all the time.... we don't have A in daycare but ever since she started going to the Little Gym she has gotten a few colds, too!)
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
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Awww. 1st week is always tough so prepare yourself for that. I think it's harder on us than for them. I cried the 1st time i left her at day care. It's ok to cry :-). It will get better though, I promise
I personally suggest starting work on a Friday than Monday. That way you have a really short work week and have the weekend with LO. Both of you will be adjusting.
As for the morning schedule, these days LO wakes up around 630-700 am. It's perfect because we are already up by then. Sometimes she will just sit up and quitely play in her crib while we get ready. DH will come to her and give her bottle while I take a shower. When I am done, I get her from DH (then he goes to shower), get her out of her pjs and change her diaper. There are times when she's still sleeping and we need to get her ready. I subtlely wake her up by turning on the lamp in her room and not being careful with the noise. I rarely have to do this though since she wakes up pretty much around the same time each day. Actually, sometimes she wakes us up :-P.
Hang in there mama! :-).
Thank you for the advice ladies
It went alright today... I almost cried when it was just LO, the teacher and myself in the room but I held it together 
So happy with the daycare, the teachers, how tidy things were. LO seemed more clingy than usual but did venture off to play with the other kids and the toys so that was great. When it came to eat breakfast he cried and wanted me to pick him up... I stayed in his classroom the whole time and not in the parent room which was good, I think. There were a few new babies there today so it was nice to meet the other Mom's who stayed as well.
We'll see what tomorrow brings when I leave the room :-/ It definitely is a progress and I'm thankful for the gradual entry, I can't imagine just dropping him off for the whole day right off the bat.
I love Hawaii!
Tara & Ian . 4/24/2008 . The Kahala Planning . Married
Oh this is a good point, too - when the boys were in daycare, we seldom made it through a week without one of them picking up at least a sniffle!
Good luck! it gets way easier. I know J learns so much at his daycare and he loves all his friends. By monday morning all we have to do it say school and he grabs his backpack and waits by the door.