3rd Day of Day Care

After the first night of Day Care, we got him ready for bed a little late (8:44pm). I put him in his sleep sack. Next thing I knew, he put his thumb in his mouth. It threw me for a loop since we have this routine where I put the pacifier in, then hold him til his eyes close. I cautiously repositioned him in the crib, kissed him, and left. During that time, he was talking to himself. I couldn't relax. I was thinking it was the calm before the storm. I was waiting for him to cry. He never did! He just went to sleep! I was so happy!

Day 2: Wes woke up at 5:42am. I tried to get him to wait til 6am. Couldn't do it. I got to 5:55am and got him up. Normally I would bring him to bed, feed him, and we would sleep. This time I had to keep him awake til I brought him to Day Care. I tried to breastfeed him and he was really distracted (prob feeling my anxiety about preparing to leave). We got there and he looked tired. But, he didn't sleep. He finally took a 20 minute nap in the provider's arms at around 9. He normally doesn't stay up that long. After I left, he barely slept. He kept waking up while the kids were coming in. He did take a bottle from her and ate a little less than I hoped. After I picked him up at 10:00am (which he looked TIRED), we went to our Breastfeeding support group. He didn't sleep during the car ride, but zonked out during the class for an hour. Poor baby! I woke him up to weigh him (12 lbs) and he got cranky. So, I left thinking he was going to sleep. Nope. He talked to himself on the ride home! Fed him at 12pm and he fell asleep in our bed for another hour. Took another nap at 3:00 for 2 hours! Thought everything was going OK, til last night. We got him to bed a 1/2 hour earlier than usual. He woke up at 9pm. Jay went to check on him after a bit since he was still crying. Not good. He just cried harder when he heard someone come into his room. He kept on crying til I went in at 9:45 pm (longest he has every cried). The only way I could calm him down was to breastfeed him (normally Jay bottle feeds him at around 10pm while Wes is asleep).

Day 3: He then woke up at 2:30 and 5:00am. I probably shouldn't have fed him at 5am, but I didn't want to go thru another crying session. Course again he didn't settle down to sleep til 5:40am, and then I had to wake him up at 6:15. He fussed, but actually woke up ok. Got him to Day Care at 7:30am. He napped in her arms at 8:45 for about an hour, then she put him in the swing, and he slept til 11am. When returned at 11am, he didn't take the bottle from the provider or myself. We think it was because he heard and saw me. He would only take the breast. this time we went straight home, and right now he's napping..so far it's been 45 min. I'm crossing my fingers that tonight will be better. I hate this adjustment. The provider says that it might take a month for all of us to adjust. Thank goodness the first 2 weeks is where I'm not back to work yet. Hopefully Wes will catch on quickly.