Day Care

Emma had her first day at day care yesterday.  Gary's work has a transitional day care we can use occasionally.  They give you 40 days for the baby's first year and then 20 days a year after that.  I had to go to an appointment in the morning so I dropped her off around 9am.  In order to get there on time I got up at 6am to shower, get her up, nurse her, change her, walk the dog, eat and take the subway into the city.  It was a long day before I even made it there.  Once I got her settled in at daycare and nursed her again it was about 9:45am.  I give props to any working moms who have to do all of that on a daily basis.  Sarah and I enjoyed a nice lunch mid day and then I decided that while I was there I would get my hair cut which I hadn't done in about 5-6 months.  Emma however didn't have as easy of a day as me.  She didn't really nap there and still doesn't like to take the bottle but did manage to take a few ounces mid day.  I made sure to only leave her for one feeding so she would be ok.  When I finally got there to pick her up around 3pm she was clinging to the daycare worker half asleep in the rocking chair.  She took a great nap in the subway on the way home and when we walked the dog.  Overall though the care providers were extremely nice and she seemed to like them.  The facility is nice and I think Gary enjoyed that he could sneak downstairs in the morning and during his lunch to say hi to her.  There is still something strange though about dropping your baby off at a day care in Times Square.  I think we are going to go a little more often now to get her used to it as I think it is good for her.  Maybe she will also start drinking better from a bottle so mom can have a few more days out.  It also gives me time to get things done in the city and probably in the near future go for some job interviews if I ever send out my resume.  I think next time we might just go for an afternoon though.