I did and it drove DH crazy! I obsessed about pacifiers, whether she was eating enough/too little, naps, diaper changes, the teachers and germs. It took me a few weeks to chill out..I hope I don't go through this again when my baby starts in the fall!
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YES! Although I didn't worry about any of the things you just mentioned, haha! I worried that Xander would be happier at daycare than with me and that he'd forget who I am!!! Hubs thought I was crazy.
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Yup. I still do. I'm annoyed at a few things right now and obsess on them at home. I'm driving my husband crazy.
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Yup, I'm better now but I'm still toying with seeing if there are any better child care options.
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Not really. My son was over 2 years old when I returned to work, so I was more worried about his behavior towards other kids, like would he bite or hi.
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i worried a lot before LO started daycare, particularly about his naps. now that he's in daycare, i'm bummed that his naps are indeed crappy (and that's putting it mildly), but for some reason i'm not stressing about it as much. i guess i feel like this is our reality and everyone is still okay, so just plugging along. i still get doubts from time to time and toy with the idea of getting a nanny, but that's not actually going to happen.
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I worried the first few days, and stopped. Then I worried again when the daycare went through expansion and change everyone's classrooms + teachers cold turkey. LO cried 2 weeks straight at drop off.
Overall I didn't really worry. I was more relaxed with them than when we had a nanny! we are fortunate to have a wonderful daycare, everything is very clean and everyone very professional and I always know what he's doing. With a nanny I didn't even know where did they go in the middle of the day, and I always wonder if she put him down for a nap or not, or if she had fed him...etc.
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i worried a little bit the first few days, especially over naps...and while he did take naps at daycare, they were crappy (just like @edelweiss)
i knew he wasn't going to get the one-on-one attention that we give him at home and he wasn't going to be cuddled/held the way we do and i knew he was going to be exposed to germs. i also knew that i trusted his teachers and daycare to take care of him the best that they could and that we would maintain open and constant communication.
it also helps that the daycare provides live video streaming so i can check on him from my computer time to time
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@autumnlove: Yes it was very very hard for me at first
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I still worry about whether she will eat and sleep enough. I can't help it.
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No, I was really chill. Or maybe I was just too busy at work and didn't have time to even think about it. Before I knew it, the day was over and I had to rush to daycare to pick her up.
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@Andrea: I hope I am the same way for M! I figure since LO already goes to the center...it won't be so bad?
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I still worry. The day care we have her at is too large in my opinion, and there's constanct combining of rooms and teachers that I'm not pleased with. I'm left wondering who took care of Baby A today, which I am not OK with. We're switching her to small day care in August when a spot opens.
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