Daycare

Jerrod and I have been doing a lot of talking and thinking over the weekend about my whole job thing. I think the thing that depresses us the most about it is that we have to pull Julia from her daycare. Which is funny considering I hated having to put her in it to begin with!

But Julia LOVES her daycare now. She as made friends there. She talks about and ask for these friends all the time. She as also REALLY grown socially. She was this super shy mommy's baby when she started there at one year old. Now she is much more comfortable around people. She has also really benefited mentally too. At the age of two, she can recite the entire alphabet, count to 10, can sing numerous songs, knows her colors, etc.... I highly doubt she would have done that well even if I stayed home with her.

Her teachers there also really like Julia, and she likes them. They have really seen her grow as a person. When I told her primary teacher today that we will probably have to pull her out, she got really sad and said how much she really enjoys Julia and how upset she will be to see her go.

We are trying to figure out a way to be able to afford taking her there at least part-time (this daycare has a 2 day minimum for part-time). But I just don't see it being financially possible. That is still a pretty good amount of money each week.

Sure there is storytime at the library, mommy and me classes I can look into, etc, but they are just not the same. I also know this is only temporary and Julia will eventually go back to daycare (after paying the enrollment fee again and going back on the waiting list), but this will be a major change in her life and she does not do well with change. We hate to have to make her leave all the friends she has finally made.

This is actually depressing Jerrod quite a bit, it just makes me sad....