After I posted my Note To Nicklas about his first day at kindy, I went downstairs to see a missed call on my phone and a message from kindy asking me to call them. When I called, they said he was really upset again, and it was probably best if I went to get him. When I got there he was sitting in a high chair with his lunch. Note I didn’t say “eating” lunch, just “with” his lunch. He was having a fine time playing with his chicken and mushroom risotto, and it was all over the tray, the floor, and him. As soon as he saw me he started bawling, but as soon as I picked him up, he burried his head in my shoulder and grinned at the girls, as if to say, “See, I told you I’d get her back here.” They showed me a finger painting he did and, biased as I am, I thought it was brilliant. When I pointed out it was much better than any of the others’, my husband pointed out, “Yeah, but they were all 6 months old.” Touche.
That was Tuesday. Wednesday we picked Mike up from work and headed back to kindy to let him have a play while we were with him. And he was fine, he didn’t want to leave! Thursday we had a little playgroup with 4 other bubs (all girls – I’m sure he’ll love that in a few years) and then Friday he went back to kindy. Again, he took ages to settle down – almost 40 minutes to be exact. I ended up picking him up after about 2 hours, and when I got there, I peered through the window in the door and he was just fine! I considered leaving, and letting mum pick him up while I was at school, but thought it better if I went in and got him, so that he realised I will always come back for him. The staff think he’ll be fine, it will just take him a while to get used to them and the centre, or he will always just take a while to settle down.
Friday night, he got sick, and has been sick ever since. He hasn’t had a fever in over 24 hours though, so I think now it is just a cold. I’m hoping he’ll kick it before tomorrow morning so he can go to kindy, but I’m not getting my hopes up too high as I think it is probably unlikely. I know this is just the start of probably many-a-cold to come, now that he is going to daycare. But my hope is that his immune system gets nice and strong and soon enough he won’t pick up any of it! That’s how it is supposed to work, right?
He has had 3 really unsettled nights and has ended up in bed with us. I hope that we can get him back to sleeping through the night in his own cot! I also hope we can teach him to blow his nose soon, as it is so full of snot!
I am starving, and need to have lunch, but I know as soon as I post this and head downstairs, he’s going to wake up. I might have to go have a play around on facebook or DPS for a little while, just so I can continue to enjoy the silence. He’s a typical male…a huge sook when he’s sick! Ok, so that might be more due to the fact that he’s only 14 months old than the fact he’s a boy, but still…
