While Adam has been trying to adjust to his new job, Douglas was finishing up at his last home babysitter. We had two great home babysitters over the past two years, who were wonderful, but both have had new babies arrive in their respective families which forced them to pull back from babysitting for awhile. We were lucky to have these babysitters for as long as we have, and decided to transition to a real day care at this point for Douglas. The one that we have started at is just around the corner from us, Douglas' cousins go there, and they have a preschool attached to the daycare that he can transition into as he gets older. So...it seemed like a no-brainer. But, transitions are always hard (sometimes harder on the parents than on the children) and I had to wrap my mind around going to a building, instead of someone's home. Douglas started a couple weeks ago and it has been the best possible situation. The first day, Monday, he was so excited about the toys that he didn't even notice that I was leaving. He was a little more aware of my leaving the next day, but was very excited to go see his cousin, so he was easily consoled. It helps a mother's heart a lot to hear about all the fun things he is doing. Currently, he is the only toddler there - so he has all the attention, and all the toys to play with. I have heard there will be another toddler (a boy) joining him at the end of the month, someone who is only 18 months. It will be interesting to see how Douglas has to learn to share, though I think he will enjoy having someone to play with. (Adults can only be so fun.)
Before another month gets by before I actually post this (I started it at the beginning of October, and it is now October 15th) I will get some pictures on here for you all to enjoy.
