Day Care-Day 2

As many of you know, we have the most adorable and loving son in the world. Sorry to break it to you all, but we do. :) Agent P has been a joy since the moment he came into this world. I love him more and more each day, each hour, each minute, each second! We have been truly blessed to have him in our family.

With me working and Hutch at school full-time (so he can get done faster) we have had to rely on family to help us out by watching him during the day. Due to busy schedules, health and new jobs we are down to my mother watching him. She loves spending time with him but isn't able to watch him every day. So we had to make the hard decision of putting him in day-care. I know that day-care is a great thing and has been wonderful for many people. The hard thing is when we started talking about putting him in day-care, everyone seems to feel I needed to hear all of the horror stories they have heard. (very few actually experienced anything bad themselves). So I was very anxious and upset about having to put him in day-care. I was almost to the point of saying, "we're selling our house, I'm quitting my job and we're moving into my parents basement!" We knew that wouldn't be the best plan.

Since I was a wreck about the whole thing, my wonderful husband took the job of researching places. There's a day-care where my father works that was a wonderful price because it's discounted if you work there or have a family member work there. They were full for his age though and we have had a hard time getting anyone there to answer questions or return calls so we knew we had to look elsewhere. Hutch found a few places and went and toured them and asked lots of questions. He got it down to two places. And after talking about it together we got it down to one. We decided before we make a final decision that I should tour it and meet the teachers and the people that work there. They are very nice people and the teachers were great. They have a great schedule and the class he would be in is a small one. After the tour we got into the car and I just started bawling. We ended up going for a drive for a bit. We prayed about it and I know it is best for Perrin to go to the day-care. (yes, me being able to be home with him is the #1 best, but that was not an option). He is going to make some friends, learn to play with others better, and learn his colors, shapes, letters, numbers, etc.

Yesterday was his first day. I bought him a Toy Story backpack to take with him. (for his diapers, extra clothes and blanket). The day went well. When Hutch dropped him off he went into the room and started playing with the toys. He did cry a few times when they would change rooms or do something different. He ate his treats but wouldn't eat his lunch (he's a picky eater-I'm working on that). He also took a nap without a problem. He was excited to see Hutch when he picked him up. Last night he was very affectionate and playful.

I called the day-care just a bit ago to see how he was doing on his 2nd day. I have heard that the 2nd day is usually hard because it shows that it wasn't a temporary thing. And Agent P likes to follow suit. He is having a rough day and isn't happy. When I called he was sitting on the teachers lap and not playing with the toys. The manager said most kids will take a few weeks to get used to it and they aren't too worried about him. It still breaks my heart. The manager suggested I call again this afternoon to see if he's any happier but not to be surprised if he's not.

I know he's going to be ok and that this is a good thing but no parent likes to hear their child is not happy. We'll just keep praying that he'll like it and get used to it fast. We also hope he realizes that we will always be there to pick him up at the end of the day.

I do realize that I'm over-dramatic about whole thing, but that's who I am. I'm an overprotective mother.

(Agent P loves that he can see himself on my iPod when we take pictures. So my iPod is full of pictures of him making faces)