Next to the Last Daycare Day

Ivan slept well last night. He was in good spirits this morning. His temperature measured 98.8, so in my book, he was good to go.

We packed him up to take him to daycare. In the car, he started crying and whining that he didn't want to go to daycare but that he wanted to stay home with Didi. We ignored him. It was time to go to daycare.

Had it been any other week, I would've let him stay home. It would've been the preferable thing to do, considering yesterday's fever. But since this is the transition week, I was determined that he was going to ease into pre-school and ease out of daycare.

By the time we got to daycare, he was in a full crying mode, refusing to go. Andy offered to settle him in. Lately, Ivan's been crying for me and is clingy when I take him into daycare. He doesn't put on such a show for Andy. I waited in the car.

At work, I kept wondering whether we made the right decision to send him to daycare, or whether he should've stayed home.

Around noon, the phone call came in. It was Ms. Rosa. Ivan's has been clingy, not feeling well, complaining that he's cold, with a fever of 101. I felt awful. A bad mother. He should've stayed home today. Instead of making this a pleasant transition week, it's turning to be a sick week---a very unusual event, considering Ivan's been rarely sick.

When he spiked a fever yesterday, I actually thought that maybe the fever is a psychosomatic response to this transition. I don't know if that makes sense, but considering how rarely Ivan's been sick, I thought it possible.

Andy picked him up. He was with Ms. Rosa and Bella in the bathroom. Well, Ms. Rosa took Bella to the bathroom and Ivan tagged along. He had been following Ms. Rosa around the entire day, she said. I guess it makes sense for a baby who wasn't feeling well.

He came home, and slept off the afternoon. By the time I came home after work, he seemed fine. He didn't seem hot, so I didn't take his temperature.

But to be on the safe side, he's staying home tomorrow. Easing him into pre-school can wait until Friday.