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Today marked Owen’s first day of day care without tears.  Usually, in the mornings, since he wakes up, he will periodically repeat, “Don’t want Miss Ann.” Initially, it alarmed me because he said it about every 10 seconds the first weekend we started day care that I wondered if there was a reason why he singled out Miss Ann.  From what I was told in the daily reports, Miss Ann was his favorite teacher - he followed her everywhere and when she needed to step out for whatever reason, he would get upset.  Last Wed, they finally moved back to the REAL day care and I finally were able to see him in action via webcam.  He seemed to get along with both teachers and the other kids, so I felt much better, but still had to deal with “Don’t want Miss Ann” (read “Don’t want school”) every AM. The little smart aleck appeared to have come to recognize the route and he would start crying halfway to school.  Every time he does this, my heart ached and I wonder if I should quit work seeing the poor kid resisting so.

Today was different.  Although he whimpered and almost cried during the last minute, I told him that he was a big boy now and is brave and that Mommy/Daddy has to work in order for him to buy Thomas (he loves the choo-choo train Thomas)…while we go to work, Owen goes to school, and we’ll Amazingly, when we got to the school and went to the playground (it was outdoor time), the teachers greeted him and waved at him and Owen happily waved back with a smile and “Hi!”.  They opened up their arms for a hug and he went straight to hug them.  Then he turned around, cocked his head to one side, and with a huge grin, said, “Mommy, bye bye!” with a wave.  I just stood there in disbelief.  Then it was a wave of relief and gratitude to God for helping Owen adjust to quickly.  It’s only been 8 days since he first started daycare and he has adjusted well beyond my wildest imagination.  My baby is really growing up. *happy tears*