Glad It Worked Out This Way

So who would have thought that my child would be such a people person?  She is only four months old and is absolutely enjoying daycare.  It is funny.  For the past two months while Samara has been attending daycare, friends and family ask me, "So is she enjoying daycare?"  And I think that we know that that is a silly question to ask because how do you tell?  I know the real question is, "Does she cry a lot there?  Is she adjusting?" etc.  The thing is, this girl really likes it!  There are three other babies her age there - one who is a few months older who is also a babbler, just like Samara.  Apparently they lie on the floor and gab and gab and gab for the time they are awake together.  Once her teacher took her off the floor to change her and I guess she fussed and fidgeted until she was put back on the floor at which point she began to gab with her classmate again!

Her favorite classroom to be in, though, is with the one-year olds.  Now if you know my daughter she SCA-reams when she is hungry - a high-pitched shriek is more like it, but it is what it is...  I guess one day she was wailing away and the teacher in her room was already feeding two others.  The woman from the one-year old room came down and took her back to her class to feed her.  She arrives in the room and sees one of the one-year old boys.  Well, the two of them start flirting - she's apparently talking and putting her hands up to her chin, batting her eyes, laughing, the whole nine.  Completely forgot she was hungry!!  Now that, my friends, is a crush!

But seriously, it is so great to see!  I picked her up yesterday and observed her before walking into the classroom.  She was hanging out with the teacher, babbling, cooing, etc.  I walked in and went over to her and she completely ignored me.  So some moms/dads may be hurt or offended by this but it was such a typical, "If I don't acknowlege her she doesn't exist and then we won't have to go home" kind of behavior.  Not to mention, if she really is "ignoring me" to make me go away, she wants her independence, which is both her father and me.

My point is that daycare is technically a logistic ritual that we must endure because we have no other day care options.  I want to work, we need Tim's income, so daycare is a must.  And take it a step further - daycare is an opportunity for Samara to meet other people and learn to socialize.  But throw in that she is actually enjoying it - and you can tell that at four months old - and you have one very happy mother who is so glad that it worked out this way.