First day in the toddler room

His dad reported another teary hand-off at the daycare this morning. It's Dexter's first official day in the toddler room and, as the teachers warned us, our little boy is now showing some resistance to the new routine. Lots of clinging, lots of tears and a constant cry for "Mama."

It does not help that he is a little under the weather. With another set of friends comes another set of viruses. He came down with a cold last weekend, which he then promptly passed on to his parents. We all woke up this morning hacking away.

Not too long ago, when he first started going to daycare, he cried a lot during the drop-off, too. He did that for about two weeks, then it got better and better. It got to the point where he would walk into the room himself and fling himself to the many puzzles and toys on the floor and when instructed to say bye-bye to Daddy, would barely look up to wave as if to say: "You're still here? Bye. See you later already."

I'm sure Dex will get used to the new routine soon. Half of the kids in his new class were with him in the infant room, so I'm sure he will adjust as well as the other kids did. In the meantime, I'm just hoping that the cold stays off his chest and off his ears. I don't want to see him go through another bout of ear infection.