Karin's first day at daycare...

...didn't go so well. Karin was there for about 1 ½ hours and then they called saying that there was nothing else they could do. Yet, they didn’t give her the comfort items that I packed: blankie & soother (not that she uses the soother usually, but it might have calmed her down). I know they didn’t give them to her because they were exactly in the same spot I left them. The soother was still wrapped in the plastic bag I had it in, it wasn’t wet, and her soft blankie was completely dry. If they gave it to her and she was hysterical it should have been wet and snotty. Also they didn’t let Chance come visit her like they said they would. Chance was disappointed too, he wanted to see Karin on her first day. They didn’t give her a snack even though when I dropped her off (near 10 AM) I said she should be ready for a snack right away, they said they finished “breakfast” (what I would call snack time) at 9:30….they would see what they could do. So they let a hungry, thirsty, scared baby cry for an hour and a half. Now she’s terrified to let me leave her anywhere, including the pool babysitters that she’s been fine with for weeks. We’re not very impressed, and on Monday when she goes back we’re going to sit with them and talk this out because it was a plain old lack of effort, in our opinion. Cam is the one who picked her up (he was home that day, use your vacation days or lose them). I was at the chiropractor. What also irks me is that I can’t have the daycare phoning me at work in a few weeks saying “we can’t calm Karin down, you have to come pick her up”. Just because I’m not working in December doesn’t mean I don’t have things to do – I have all my doctor’s appointments and personal things to do on the days the kids are in daycare! On the bright side: all of the disappointment with the daycare has overshadowed my emotions more or less on the fact that my time at home with Karin and Chance is coming to an end. And those emotions are affecting my decision making skills too. I have been bringing Karin to pick up Chance most evenings so that the place is familar to her. But the last time I did this I got teary on the drive home and started wiping my eyes without thinking. So...I had just been to a daycare and then started touching my eyes without washing my hands first. Pinkeye. Next time I'll smear myself with hand sanitizer before bursting into tears, haha.