First days of daycare

Jake (in a swing) on the nanny-cam

I knew for a while that this was going to be a pretty stressful week. We were going to be out of town over the weekend, and coming back late Sunday night (very, very late). I had to be at work Monday morning for my first full week of work (since March!), and more importantly, I had to send Jake off to his first day of daycare. On top of that, Ralph was going to be out of town for business, so all of the household resonsibilities were going to fall on me: dishes, bottles, feedings, laundry, dog-walking, poop-scooping, diapering, etc, etc, etc. Monday morning came WAAAY too fast, and waaay too early. I rushed around the house in a frenzy trying to remember everything that I needed for his first day: plenty of bottles, formula, diapers, change of clothes, diaper wipes, etc. Everything had to be labeled with his name, and I pulled out the trusty label-maker to do its job! :). Needless to say, I forgot something (besides my sanity), and when I got there I realized Jake's crib had no sheet and no blanket. Ugh. Luckily, they were kind enough to find one for him and use that. I stopped by at lunchtime to check on him (he was fine, sleeping the day away in his crib), and besides not really eating a whole lot, they said he did just fine.

Today, I was able to logon to the daycare's website and watch the "nanny cam" - it's really only a still picture that updates every 15 seconds, but it still makes me feel better. I can barely make out which baby is which on the website, but I was able to pick out my little boy. Paranoid new mom that I am, I stopped by the daycare TWICE today, and both times he was awake, unharmed, and doing just fine. Since the daycare is just across the street from my office park, I can run over anytime, which is great...sortof.