Natalie’s Blog

Natalie starts going to day care this Monday. That’s just two days away!! I’m not sure it’s hit me yet…either that or I have no anxiety about it, which I can’t imagine is true. I think I’m just not allowing myself to get nervous about it. We’ve been busy preparing and gathering all the supplies we need. Part of the reason we picked the Goddard School was that we supply all the diapers, wipes, and food. While it might be easier to send her to a school where we don’t have to worry about packing lunches or diapers, we felt better being able to provide the diapers that we know work for Natalie and food we know she likes. Everything that goes into school must be labeled with her first and last name, so we’ve fired up the label-maker!

The other thing we are required to supply is a toddler-size sleeping bag for Natalie to take naps on. When I explained to the school director that Natalie has never fallen asleep without nursing or being in motion (stroller, car, walking, beco carrier, etc) she assured me that once Natalie sees all the other kids laying on their sleeping bags taking naps, she’ll follow suit. We hope she’s right! So we chose a cute fleece sleeping bag with airplanes on it. When I took it out of the package and laid it on the ground to see how big it was, Natalie immediately laid down on it. Maybe there’s hope that she’ll actually take a nap at school:

Since she’s going to have to learn to fall asleep without her usual comforts, we at least wanted her to have her lovey. But we didn’t want to risk losing her mouse by taking it back and forth to school. So we bought one just for school plus a few spares. We didn’t realize how worn her mouse had gotten until we saw the comparison:

We’re hoping for as smooth a transition as possible. We’ll keep you posted.

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