Daycare transition day 2

A quick post...b/c once again it's 10:38 and I wanted to be in bed reading at 10.  Not sure why I'm avoiding sleep but the exhaustion is going to catch up with me.

Today was transition day number two.  It was definitely better than day one.

After I wrote yesterday's post, SR made a lot of comments to me about her day at school:

SR:  School.  Scarlett crying.  Don't cry Scarlett.  I miss you.  I love you.

We had a lot of talks about school being fun and naming her new teachers and her old friends in her new classroom.  I told her she was going back tomorrow (which was today) and that I would miss her too and come back later.

This morning was similar to yesterday - a lot of her telling me that at school she cried and that she missed me and loved me.

We went to school and talked the whole way there...when I took her into her classroom they were just starting their circle time before going outside to play.  They were singing one of her favourite songs, "The good morning train."  Scarlett always sings this at home and can name herself and whoever is around at the appropriate time.  I took that opportunity to pass her over to the teacher sitting with the other children.  Scarlett was crying a lot and saying "mommy, mommy".  I told her I loved her and I blew her a kiss and stepped to the side of the room to listen without being seen.  She stopped crying within about 15 seconds.  Her infant room teacher was walking by at that moment and I asked her to look into the room.  She said SR was fine and sucking on her sleeve (that's her "lovey".  She sucks it when she is tired, bored, or uncomfortable.  I use baby leg warmers for her when she is not wearing long sleeves and needs to nap or asks me for one.).

The morning went okay for her.  She played outside with a friend from her infant classroom.  But she cried during the transition back inside.  She played inside with the Little People and even was giving them kisses (she has become very affectionate with her toys - she even had her Ernie figurine (who she is in love with) kiss her Dora figurine - thinking they might become an item).  But during the transitions she got upset.

At lunch she sat in a big girl chair and ate minimally, but she ate.

Then I picked her up.  She was crying when she saw me and was saying "out the door" about the gate.  Once she was out of the gate, she was fine being in the centre and even played in the supervisor's office while we chatted.  This afternoon SR was clingy but okay.  We talked about what she did at school today and she only mentioned crying a couple of times.  Otherwise there was a lot of "I missed you, I love you"...and I can't really complain about that.

Mostly I missed her.  I felt lost without her for those few hours.  I know that it will get easier for me next week when I am setting up my classroom.  The time will go faster and I will be too busy to spend all of my energy wondering what she is doing.  I will limit my phone calls to the centre.

Tomorrow is our follow-up appointment with the ENT surgeon so no "school" for SR.  We have the whole day together.  Yay!