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Daycare Nose

I am doing well and I have been trying to get rid of a cold. I heard the term daycare nose/ sniffles from a colleague and I thought to myself how appropriate! I had thought that this term referred to kids who were in daycare and had a constant runny nose but I think this also applies to their parents who “lovingly” get colds passed to them from their kids.

So yes, we had people in the house who had colds but, thankful that it is passed now.

I can say that we have been in Louisville for over a month now and praying, pushing and resting is what I have been doing. Praying that all that I have planned to do in my head gets done and also pushing to make it happen with some resting too. I am happy that my son is in daycare but if you recall in this episode, my emotions were up and down. Have they improved with time, yes and I have had to learn from wonderful parents who have been on this journey before.

E-motions;

In the past few years before moving to Louisville, Ky; my husband and I had worked alternating schedules and our little one did not have to be in daycare. Now he is a bit older, and we work the same hours, the little one has started daycare. I was thinking that it would be a smooth sailing operation for me and by God’s grace, I will say it has been. The morning drop-offs were rough for me; he is not so happy being dropped off at school aka daycare and I fuss and feel terrible that I might have made him have a bad day.

I go to work feeling terrible. I pray and by the middle of the day, I feel better (parents/ caregivers reading this, does this happen to you too?) I asked moms that are at my place of work and they say some kids do not like going to school and there are some who do. Most of them do not. I asked my mom and she chuckled and said I did not like going to school.

She told me a story of how as toddlers, we (my twin brother and I) thought she was going to school instead of work and that we were sad that she (our mom) went to school as an adult- she was in grad school. We talked loud enough for her to hear and we were telling ourselves we needed to go to school as kids so we would not go to school when we are too old. I laugh thinking of it now because life is all about learning! There should be no limit and or is no limit to what we learn if we choose to open up to it.

I found these articles by Christina Clemer and this other one by Pam Larouche & Elisa Constanza-Reyes. I was glad I did because of how the articles helped make it easier for dropping off Lil man at daycare in the morning.

My favorite lesson from both was saying goodbyes at drop off. I was lingering in the hopes that I was soothing my Lil one but it kinda made it harder for him. I learned to say goodbye confidently and not to linger and I can tell you, these two things have made a difference for me and him. I have seen him go from being pouty to waving goodbye and turning around to go do his stuff. . . I call it my mom win moment.

Early Rising

One thing that I have not done, in a super long time is going to bed early. I cannot tell you when I did it last. With our new schedules; we now have to go to bed early. It is not mandatory, but we have found that it works for us.

I will add by saying if I do not respond to your call, comment or message after 9 pm, I am sorry. My pillow won the fight and I quit fighting sleep. I wake up feeling refreshed and rested and I ask my self, why did I think going to bed late would help accomplish a lot the next day?

That is it for now.

I want to wish you a very pleasant weekend and I will see you in the next post and episode.

God bless,

Ezanya