Daycare Smaycare

What I haven’t written about for the past week or so is that Juliette is now in daycare. She started March 1, with about a half-day with Becoming-A-Mom watching. Then Day 2 with Becoming-A-Mom leaving after an hour; the Day 3 with Becoming-A-Mom dropping her off and leaving here there the full day

Days 4 and 5 were Becoming-A-Dad dropping her off at 8 am with Becoming-A-Mom picking her up around 4 pm. Ditto for this second week, now in Day 7.

Tomorrow is the Big Day. Becoming-A-Mom returns to work after her maternity leave for the first set of shifts… and she’s been a little stressed by the coming change.

What this means is that tomorrow morning I drop Juliette off at 8 am, then pick her up at 5 pm. As Becoming-A-Mom works 12 hour shifts, I will be on my own until at least 8:30 pm when she will get home. A significant departure from the routine of the past year.

So… tomorrow I may not be so happy. Juliette is not yet weaned and will not take formula from a bottle. She is used be being nursed before going to sleep and at least once during the night. And let’s face it, I am not fully-equipped to be nursing the kid. Bottles and formula are in the future, as are hours of screaming and tantrums and general unhappiness. And that’s just me.