Daycare

Daycare-I knew this would be an easy transition for Garrett, he was already upset that he could never stay after school to play like some of the kids did.  I figured Payton would be ok since she's been going up there to pick Garrett up a couple times a week since she was born, but she would not be in the same room with Garrett and had never napped anywhere but home.  I knew from experience she would adapt, but I also was worried about her first few days.  And I was right, the first day she didn't nap at all, and her first week she had a TON of pee accidents.  About her 4th day there, we got out of work early, so I got them and brought them home and P took a 4 hour nap!!  But, 4 weeks later, she's fully adjusted.  She's having no trouble napping, no pee accidents since the first week, and hugs and kisses her teacher in the morning and when I pick them up.  And I see genuine love on her teachers face, she seems happy to see Payton in the morning and always has great things to tell me when I pick her up.  Plus, I can tell she's learning a lot, she's talking more and more, and yesterday, out of the blue, she counted to 10 unassisted and got about halfway through her alphabet, she was not doing this a month ago, despite my best efforts.  So, there are days I miss them terribly and thing I'm horrible for taking them to daycare and there are days I see it was best for everyone.  I often get off early enough that I can run errands and quickly clean the house before I pick them up and then I can spend time with them and my focus is on them, not me cleaning or dragging them all over running errands.  And, I have to time the pickup just right because Payton doesn't nap until 2:15, so I can't go between 2:15 and 4:15, otherwise I wake her up, so that helps me feel less guilty about not picking them up until 4:30 or 5.