First Day at Daycare

Well, we survived.

Emma apparently did pretty well. She took four naps, all less than an hour long (which might possibly be a problem since she usually has at least one 2-hour nap... but maybe not so much, maybe she'll crash tonight?). She did NOT eat from the bottle, maybe 2 oz the entire time. So around 2:30, I ran over and fed her from the tap so she at least had something in her belly. She's already eaten two big meals since she got home at 5:30, and is now asleep on my chest. According to the staff she didn't cry a lot, but was very clingy. Strangely enough, each time I went there, she had somewhat of a shell-shocked look on her face -- she didn't smile to see me, or even react. She just looked.... overwhelmed. That made me feel really sad.

Momma did ... ok. I cried all the way to daycare, cried while we were there, and cried on my way from there to work. When I was actively working, I did well and was feeling good, but when I was writing notes or pumping, I was very sad. I pumped twice at work and got about 4 oz at each pumping, and then didn't have to pump since I fed her and then fed her after I picked her up. Pumping wasn't too bad, but we'll see how it goes -- it's strange to interrupt my clinical day to go set everything up, get myself in "nursing" mode by looking at pictures, and then clean up and go back to work.

In any case, we survived the trial day and I think she'll do ok when she goes there more often and gets to know the providers. Tomorrow is Daddy's trial day with her, and we'll see how that goes.

If I have the energy, I'll download some pictures and video I took on Monday and post those tonight. If I don't have the energy, I'll do it later on this week. I'm one very tired Mommy.