I have finally gathered the courage to leave Caroline with someone besides other family members. Up until this week, her only "babysitters" have been her grandmothers. My mom has kept her for pretty much everything I/we have needed to do. Chris's mom has also kept her a few times when she has been in town.
So, this week, we had a real babysitter on Tuesday night. She is the daughter of Chris's high school soccer coach and is a freshman at Covenant College. She has 4 younger brothers and sisters, ranging in age from 10 to 16, so she definitely has childcare experience. Chris and I went out to dinner and had a nice evening out.
Then, this morning, I started going back to spinning classes at the gym, and Caroline stayed in the nursery for an hour. The nursery is great, so I had no doubts that she would be in good hands. It was more the doubt about whether she would cry when I walked out the door that was the difficult part. And she didn't... cry.... at all. Whew! When I finished class, I walked back in and she didn't see me yet, so I watched her playing happily for a few minutes. The nursery ladies said she did great-- never cried and just played independently or with her little friend Hadley who was also there.
It is a good feeling to be able to leave her with other people. It has taken me a year to be able to do it, but I wouldn't have had it any other way!
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That IS a big step :-) Nice to know that she's okay with other people too, and for you to get some you time!
This has absolutely been the hardest week for us having to leave Oliver at daycare. It gets easier.
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