Big Day

What I thought was going to be a big deal turned out not being anything.  Today was Tyler’s first day at his new daycare/pre-school.  I don’t know if I should credit his personality, my preparing him for weeks that this day was coming, or just the fact that he’s a 2-year-old and can adjust to his environment for the easy drop-off we had this morning.  Anyway, like I was saying, what I thought was going to be a big deal turned out to be like any other day.  Tyler was previously attending a great in-home daycare near my office.  He’s been going there since he was 3 months old, when I returned to work from maternity leave.  He’s learned a lot and developed his personality from that environment (and we hope to be able to put his little brother there when the time comes, as well).  But, that in-home daycare is just for infants and toddlers, and we wanted to move Tyler to a daycare/pre-school closer to our house for a few reasons: 1) He’ll be playing with kids who he may end up going to kindergarten and elementary school with; 2) It will be close to home when I’m on maternity leave and Tyler can still attend part-time; 3) Mike (or our sister-in-law, in an emergency) can pick up Tyler if I can’t.  Tyler’s in a class with kids his own age, so they’ll help potty-train him, too!  I was anxious about dropping him off, but he went right in and made some friends before I finished talking to his teachers!  I gave him a big hug and kiss and he was off.  I don’t think he even noticed that I left.  I had a whole arsenal of things planned to do, in case he got upset or scared, but I didn’t have to do anything out of the ordinary.  As proud as I am of him and how quickly he became comfortable, it’s another sign of him growing up that I don’t think I was prepared to handle.  What am I going to do on his first day of kindergarten???!!  I don’t think that I’m normally an emotional person, but these pregnancy hormones are really kicking in, and all I wanted to do this morning is cry.  Tyler and I won’t have our talks in the car during our commute anymore.  I’m losing a whole hour per day of dedicated Tyler and Mommy time.  I knew that this day eventually had to come.  He couldn’t stay at his old daycare for much longer, anyway.  I wish I just had a little more time…but, don’t we all?