The blessed day of nursery attendance (the "class" for 18-month-olds to 3-year-olds in my church) came and went. Not as successfully as I'd hoped, unfortunately. At first glance, Mason was totally into it. He's been wanting to go to class with Brooklyn for a while now, and finally I'd opened a door and herded him in....and there were TOYS! So, the first 5 seconds were good. Then, he figured out that I was leaving. That's when things started going downhill. I left anyway, and within 20 minutes, the poor nursery leader brought him back to me, {him} sobbing and doing that staggered breathing thing that kids do when they cry really hard. Poor kid. I didn't really want to give in, so off to nursery we went. This time I stayed for a little while. Mason wandered around sort of playing, pouting, and constantly checking that I was still there. Finally, I figured, if he wasn't going to play with the kids, I was going back to class and he would have to sit with me. As we were leaving, Jon's Mom was coming to check on him. She volunteered to stay with him, and I was perfectly willing to agree. I did go back to peek in between my classes and he was sitting on the floor watching the other kids do singing time. He looked pretty cute sitting on the floor with his legs straight out in front of him. Hopefully next week will go a little better. I'm thinking I may have Jon drop him off and see how that turns out. Sorry, no pic. I was going to take one of him, but it didn't happen...I can't exactly remember why....
Stay tuned for more posting. My journey towards domesticated goddess continues...
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The first day of nursery is always the worst!
I have to remember how LUCKY I am to have had two girls, now, who have willingly gone into the nursury. They couldn't really care less if I leave. Thank goodness!
Oh man, I hope that this week is better. Noah loved nursery in Utah and then when we got back here - where it's my CALLING he wasn't sure about it! What is that about?!? He finally is back to letting me leave when it's my turn to leave or go to class, which is nice because now we are moving, but that also means another set back. I think he is just nervous I am leaving him like Wade though...poor kid.
I bet Mason will get it down, remember when Brooklyn was in there and Wade was a leader - he said she always cried for about 5 minutes and then was fine the whole time...and now look at how far she has come!
Oh, I forgot to tell you - there is a family who just moved in our building and he served in Italy - not sure if John would know him, but his last name is Pelizzi. You never know! To bad they didn't move here sooner!
Bailey did really well at first and then we were late picking her up one week. It has been downhill since then. Good luck.
Max did great the first few weeks and then he must have hit a separation anxiety phase because he really struggled for the next few months. He still cries most of the time when I drop him off, so I have to pry him off of me as I'm trying to squeeze out the door. He usually calms down after a few minutes, but it is still hard to leave them when they are crying like that!
Oh sad. It's so exciting when they can finally go to nursery, how sad when it doesn't go well. Benjamin is the same way, lets hope it gets better soon. Good luck this Sunday.
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