Well, Eliot and I had our first day of school (Mothers' Day Out-but in my case 'In' since I'm his teacher).
There were two other girls in the class--one turned one on the first day and the other will be four months old in a few days from now). Yikes! I think I could handle it fine if all three were closer to the same age.
You can imagine that naptime was not pleasant. Eliot didn't actually take a nap until 1:00pm!! But finally-with a little help from my friends at Bluegrass Baptist WEE, all three were sleeping at the same time. I sketched out a better "schedule" that would give me more solo time with the little one and the two "big" kids napping at the same time. Pray for me on Monday as I expect a repeat (with slight improvements--maybe).
Eliot was jealous of the little baby. He hung unto my pant legs as I moved around the room. This was mostly in the afternoon as he was too excited to be with someone his own age with so many new toys. I felt so bad by the end of the day b/c 1) he was so exhausted and 2) I hadn't been able to give him my full attention and he didn't understand why.
I cried as I rocked him to sleep for his second (much belated) nap at home. I didn't even try to lay him down. Sniff, sniff.
Going to school is good for him. He will need the socialization by the spring time and the ability to learn how to adapt. And I'll need some money to pad the savings account so I can stay home for Kid #2 when the time comes (not now--I'm not dropping any hints).
