Monday, March 24th was Jakobe's first day at daycare. The night before I spent a couple hours getting all of his things ready for his first day. I had a large bag packed with blankets, extra clothes, spare bottles, burp cloths, pacifiers, diapers, wipes and formula. You name it I had it! I was so nervous I would forget something. I also had to label everything with his name on it. We got up at 6 am (oh and yes, he is sleeping through the night now) and I fed and changed him. I packed the car with his things and we left the house at 7:15 and headed to daycare. I was really nervous and had butterflies in my stomach. Jakobe wasn't so nervous. Tara and I brought him into the daycare the Friday before and he was able to meet his providers and some of his soon-to-be little friends. So Jakobe wasn't nervous about going because he had already been there and saw that he was going to have a lot of fun and still get a lot of love and attention. We got there at 7:30. We walked in the room and we were greeted by Cara and Kristin. Jakobe was asleep in his car seat so I left him in it and put him next to the swings. I asked many questions and Cara and Kristin assured me that everything would be OK and that he would be taken great care of. I was given a daily sheet to fill out. I have to fill one out every morning when I drop him off. It asks the last time he was fed and changed and a little bit about his mood. This is how they get their schedule to change and feed him for the rest of the day. I went over and gave him a lot of kisses and told him to have a great first day. I told him I loved him and that I would see him soon. Amazingly, I didn't cry. I was really sad but I didn't cry. I left there and headed to work. The entire way I realized how much I missed him and I wanted to turn around and go back and get him. When I got to work at 8 am, I immediately signed up for the webcam. I can sign in and see his room and actually see him. The entire day I waited for a response from them with my password. It was the longest day of my life. I did do pretty well though, I only called once around 11 am to see how he was doing. They said he was doing fine. He had just been fed and was now sleeping. Finally at about 4 pm I received an email with my password and immediately signed in. There he was, swinging. This brought tears to my eyes. Seeing him there without me. I watched for the next 30 minutes before I got off of work. I was very impressed with the way the staff not only took care of my son but the other newborns as well. When driving on my way to pick him up was the most excited I have been since he was born. I called Mark and Tara and they got on the webcam to watch me go and pick him up. I got to the center and walked into his room, he was being rocked by Cara. I went over to her and she handed him to me. He was awake and I gave him so many kisses and told him how much I missed him. He looked at me like 'I'm fine mom'. I talked to Cara for a bit and she said he did great. He didn't cry or even fuss. She was amazed that he was such a good baby. That was a HUGE compliment b/c she has been around a million babies. We even waved to Mark and Tara on the webcam and Jakobe blew them a few kisses. It was pretty neat knowing they were watching me pick him up. It's nice they can experience that even being so far away. When we got home all I wanted to do was hold him. I missed him so much but he seemed to have a lot of fun there and I was assured that everything would be OK. We picked a great daycare for him to go. It's called Koalaty Time Too and is a child development and preschool center. The ages they take are 6 weeks to 12 years. He started when he was 8 weeks old so he still has a ways to go. It's nice knowing that he can go to this same daycare for many years. We are looking forward to the rest of the week at daycare! Here are a couple pictures of his first day at daycare.
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