For the first fourteen months of her life Lucy was never out of the care of our family. Although David and I both work full time, while we were at work or out for the evening she was with our parents, Aunt Lara, Uncle Pat, or Aunt Erin. Understandably, starting day care was difficult. The Goddard School, which Lucy attends two days a week, is a wonderful facility with friendly teachers who are very sensitive and caring towards the kids, but we could tell that Lucy was experiencing some anxiety about being left there. She would cry when we dropped her off and then cry again when we arrived to pick her up. And during the first few weeks she would be especially clingy and tense in the hours after we picked her up from Goddard. Of course it made us sad to see Lucy upset ... we were sometimes near tears over her reaction! But friends assured us that she would soon adjust. And she has! Today we had a breakthrough. I dropped her off and instead of clinging to me like a little monkey and refusing to be set down she let me set her down. She did stick out her lower lip a little, but no tears! She picked up another child's cup from the floor and gave it back to the other child and then took a seat at the table across from him. I gave her her superfood smoothie (spinach, yogurt, berries, etc.) and she turned and waved at me and blew me a kiss!!! Woooo! I am so relieved that she is liking it better. This is only her 7th week there (with some weeks being only one day because of holidays or travel) and even though the teachers assured us that she was always fine once we left and stopped crying quickly, of course we don't like to see our baby upset.
And now for two other stories about what my morning was like. Ah, life with a toddler!
1. Hazards of Napping With a Toddler
Lucy usually comes in our bed in the morning for extra cuddling and nursing and she often falls back asleep for a while. This morning after I nursed her I dozed back to sleep during the snooze cycle on my alarm. I was peacefully resting and I thought Lucy was resting too. Well, she decided to give my cell phone back to me, which was apparently in the bed. How did she give it back to me? By throwing it at my head. I was awoken when the iPhone hit me right between the eyes and on my forehead. Apple tells me the iPhone is only 4.8 ounces but with its huge otter box case and at the velocity at which it was apparently travelling ... ouch!
2. Lucy Makes Herself a Snack
Perhaps she is taking after her Uncle Kyle, who has been rumored to "salvage" food, but this morning I discovered Lucy chewing on some chicken remnants she fished out of the trash. Yes, they were cooked. I left her alone in the family room for a moment while I ran upstairs to grab something. I was out of the room for maybe 60 seconds. When I returned she was in the kitchen holding this huge piece of chicken carcass and had clearly been eating it! It had only been in the garbage a few minute since I sliced the meat from it for her lunch. Still, yuck!
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