https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:39:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886934 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:19:08 +0000 Smurfette 886934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: great news! How long is she going for tomorrow? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886899 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:56:33 +0000 KT326 886899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: That's a great start! My LO's first day of daycare was 8 hours and he hardly ate anything. It takes a little bit of time to adjust. But like pp said, this is their job, they do this all the time and should hopefully be able to work it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886889 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:47:27 +0000 Corduroy 886889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They said she did great. She took a short nap in the swing and she drank about an ounce from the bottle. Almost sounds too good to be true. Ha - I'm such a skeptic. I'm optimistic about tomorrow. I feel better about sending a day's worth of breast milk.</p> <p>It was so nice to see LO's expression when she recognized me. Too cute! I get why people look forward to seeing their LOs so much at the end of the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886481 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:19:01 +0000 Smurfette 886481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: let us know how she did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886470 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:15:55 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 886470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't feel guilty!! Yes you will miss him tomorrow, but enjoy the time to yourself right now. (You rarely get to have that). As far as the daycare, you would be surprised how well they can get the kids to sleep w/o assistance and to eat from bottles. They care for the kids every day, all day and they know tricks that work (even if they didn't work for me). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886455 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:10:12 +0000 Adira 886455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Oh my gosh, I know what you mean! Lately Xander's been letting them rip at daycare and then nothing at night! It's awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886452 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:09:45 +0000 Adira 886452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: Yay! Hopefully she did better than you think! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886449 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:09:21 +0000 Smurfette 886449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: I always tell R good job when I see she pooped there. I love having to just deal with them on the weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886423 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:04:27 +0000 Corduroy 886423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies! I can't believe it's time to go pick her up already. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886396 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:00:29 +0000 DillonLion 886396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The people at daycare are better at keeping LO on a schedule than I ever was. She eats, sleeps, and poops great there every day :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886391 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:59:16 +0000 brownie 886391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One thing I keep in perspective is that it is their job. They chose the field and we need them in the field (there is absolutely nothing wrong with the child development field except that they don't get paid enough). </p> <p>It is their job to get your baby to sleep and eat and work through those things on their watch. Don't feel guilty about having them do their job. And if she is a real bother get them a gift card as a tip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886357 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:49:44 +0000 Smurfette 886357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: This was me 4 weeks ago. I told them that she was going to their devil child. R will only fall asleep in our arms and wakes up when we put her down for naps. I took her for 4 hours the week before she started and she wouldn't eat the bottle. She had been crying off and on for almost an hour when I got there. They were about to call me cause nothing would calm her down. But she was just hungry. </p> <p>They will work with her on sleeping. If she sleeps with a swaddle at home, bring that in. It has helped R nap at day care. They actually out her in the swaddle a lot to drink her bottle too. </p> <p>The weekend before she started, we did a bottle bottle camp. The hours that she would be at DC, she got a bottle. She fought us some but she eventually got it. </p> <p>She will probably do better then you think. Once they get R to sleep she will nap in the crib at DC but won't do it for us at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886353 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:49:05 +0000 Adira 886353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't worry! They'll figure your LO out and make it work!</p> <p>Talk to @Smurfette - her LO would only nap in her arms too, but their daycare is getting her to nap in the crib!</p> <p>I have no advice about the bottles though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-guilty-about-leaving-lo-at-daycare#post-886323 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:43:07 +0000 Corduroy 886323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm feeling guilty. Not for leaving LO but for all of her habits. Today LO is at daycare for two hours working up to full time on Friday before I got back to work on Monday. </p> <p>The woman asked me if she naps in her crib or in the swing and I told her that she naps in my arms --- but that's only on her best days. It's usually in the ergo while continuously bouncing on a ball. Constant bouncing the whole nap. </p> <p>Then they asked her feeding schedule. Uh - I don't know. She's hasn't taken a bottle since week 5 (she's 4 months). The director knew that but the lady in the infant room gave me this look. At least I know I tried everything I could on that one. Hundreds of dollars on bottles, long days away from LO, 100oz of breastmilk. Good luck with that! </p> <p>I know I'll miss LO like crazy tomorrow but I'm really enjoying 2 hours to myself today. </p>