Its really comforting after you make a tough decision to get the feeling like you absolutely made the right decision! Let me explain:
It was not easy at all to decide to send Lyla to a different daycare. I have always said that I was keeping her where she was because I trusted them and until she was old enough to tell me she wasn't being treated right, I wanted her to be in a place that I felt she was safe and being well cared for. So when we decided to look at a different place and then start her at the new place, we had our reservations. We just hoped that we wouldn't regret our decision.
So yesterday morning was her first day at the new place. When we got there in the morning to drop her off she was down playing before we even left! She told us a quick goodbye and went back about her business. I called at lunchtime to check on her and they said she was doing fantastic! They said she was playing with the other kids, ate all her lunch and was laying down for a nap. When we picked her up last night, she was great! They said she didn't cry once the entire day!
We took her home and its just really hard to explain. She was like a different kid. I have not ever seen her so at ease and happy and just carefree after coming home from spending the day at daycare. It was amazing! It was like a huge stress had been lifted from all three of us!
So we take her this morning and I am expecting it to be totally smooth since yesterday was so great. Well she started crying and clinging to me and didn't want us to go. The teacher took her from me and we left, well Gary sort of dragged me out of there and I think I said something nasty to him about not telling me what to do.... I get upset when my baby is crying - sue me! haha We are in the car, probably 5 minutes later and my phone rings, its the daycare. My first thought is they are going to tell me she is too hysterical and I need to come back and get her. Her old daycare (where she was for 2 years keep in mind) only ever called with bad news. And I left her there crying like that lots of times. So I was prepared for the bad news, I tentatively answer the phone.... Its her teacher, she says I just wanted to call and let you know that she is calmed down and playing with another little girl. They are cooking a truck in the play kitchen right now to feed it to the baby doll.
WOW.... I mean... just wow! That was the nicest, most caring thing that teacher ever could have done for me. Letting me know that Lyla was ok and not sitting there upset. Giving me the peace of mind to go ahead with my day. That was just so unexpected and incredibly appreciated.
I just look back on the past two years at her other daycare, which I always raved about and thought was so fantastic, but compared to the experience of just the last two days at the new place, we are so much happier already! I see good things in our future!
And just to give everyone a little smile and a glimpse at what a good/silly mood Lyla was in last night:
She was playing with her kitchen and cleaning up "messes" with her cleaning kit. She wanted her baby doll to help and plopped her right in the cart, I was laughing so hard!
