So Monkey started daycare today.
I expected tears and wails and uncontrollable sobs, but I managed to control myself. Monkey was more than fine.
She forgot I existed the moment another baby dragged an empty yogurt container over to her. Me, her mother, her guardian, provider of love, nurturing, care and comfort was replaced by an empty 1% MF tub of vanilla dairy product.
After coming to terms with the idea that I was completely disposable, I turned to see Monkey accosting a little boy and now I'm pretty sure they are boyfriend and girlfriend.
3/5 of the other babies had runny noses, coughs and/or were sneezing. I had to stop myself from grabbing Monkey and running out the door when she actively sought out THOSE kids to put her fingers in their mouths.
One of the daycare instructors started to describe to me a system of weaning called 'baby linguini.' After I stopped laughing I managed to let her know it's actually called 'baby led weaning.' I have yet to come across a system of weaning that involves a diet consisting of only linguini for 6 month old infants.
All in all, it went remarkably well. Not sure why I was up till 330am last night worrying about it! I know today was the easy part though; I was there the whole time (though I tried to be out of sight for a while). Tomorrow the real test begins. I have to leave her there alone for 45 minutes out of 3 hours. Then on Friday she's all by herself for 3 hours! We'll see how this goes...
