And...

We survived! Today was Cy's first full day at KinderCare University and he did great. It was the saddest thing ever when I was leaving today, his little chin started to quiver as I walked out the door. I have never seen that before from him and it crushed me. Sometimes, it makes me so sad to go through this whole daycare thing with him. It makes me jealous to think of my other mom friends whose kids have never had to be woken up and readily dressed and fed to get out the door by 7 so they can get to school in time. It would be so nice to not have to go through this every day with Cy but at the same time, he is learning... A LOT...each day and that, to me is worth it. The conversations that we have now and the things that he talks to me about (yesterday, it was bald eagles and volcanoes) make me believe that the uncomfortableness is worth it because he is growing, as a person and as my son. It's hard to leave him because I want to baby him forever but these are his moments, to grow and the figure out who he is learning to be. To learn how to make friends and relate to children his age and adults that are not his parents. At the end of the day, these moments are good for him and far more painful for me than for him.