Daycare...

Today was the first day of daycare for Madison. Mommy and Daddy were not looking forward to it. We went yesterday and set up her cubby, signed forms, and just met everyone so we didn't have to do that this morning. Everyone seemed really nice, and I knew that she would be in good hands. However, that still didn't ease my mind. I didn't sleep that well last night. I woke up every hour on the hour. Madison was in bed last night by 9:15pm, and she slept until 6:00am. She actually was still kind of asleep at 6am!! So, Daddy fed her, and I got her dressed, and we were out the door at 7:15am.

Here's Miss Madison all ready for her first day of daycare...


We got there a little after 7:30am, and we were the first ones there. I was a wreck, but was determined not to cry. Her Daddy got her out of her carseat, and put her in her crib. We kissed her goodbye, and we left.

Here she is in her crib...

After we dropped her off, we went to Kohl's to see if I could find any clothes. We weren't there very long, and then we came home. Once we got home, I started bawling. It lasted most of the morning. The daycare has internet monitoring, so we got on there, but we couldn't see her. We finally saw her, and I felt a lot better. We watched her getting fed, and we could tell that she took most of her bottle. I was really nervous about someone else feeding her. She's not exactly a chowhound, so I didn't know how she would do. I finally pulled myself together and went shopping for clothes. I did find some pants on sale at JCPenney's, and then came home.

When I got home, I was exhausted, and I had the worst headache ever. I told Jeff that I was going to lay down for awhile. This is how Jeff found me.

I think the cats were really glad to have me all to themselves. They usually have to share me with Madison, which they don't like at all. After I woke up, we went for a walk, and then it was time to go pick Madison up.

When we got there, they said she did really, really good, especially for a first day. I think they were impressed with our little angel. Jeff kept telling me every time we watched her on the internet that it was a good sign that they hadn't had to change her clothes. I'm very proud of myself for not having to call and check on her. If they hadn't had the internet monitoring, I'm sure I would have called every hour!!

I'm very glad that this first day is over with. I hope she does as good tomorrow. I'm sure she will. And, I'm sure this will get easier with time, but right now it's torture! Maybe it will be better next week when I go back to work...ugh!