As Timmy's preschool debut draws nearer, everyone has been asking me if I'm nervous. And I say no, because that's definitely not the word I would use to describe it. I'm excited for him to go, because I know he'll love it eventually; I'm anxious to see how long the transition takes because I am quite certain it's going to be absolutely awful; I'm thrilled that I'm going to be getting dressed up, enjoying a solo car ride and walking into my office every day; and I'm sad that I won't have as much time as I want/need with my really, fantastically fun boy.
I think one of the hardest parts of his transition will be nap time. I have never known him to sleep anywhere but his own crib very well. Add in the distraction of the other kids and the lacking of his usual comforts (blankie and puppy), I think naps just won't happen for a while. I thought maybe I could comfort him a little bit by giving him a nap mat that has all the things he loves on it. So I made this, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
He loves to point out the things on the top blanket, and I hope that might distract him slightly when he's distraught in a few weeks. "PLANE!" "CHOO-CHOO!" "WOO WOO WOO! [Firetruck]" "BOAT!"
I'm not the type of person that gets emotionally attached to tangible objects, but it does sort of comfort me knowing that he'll have something I made specifically for him to wrap him up and cuddle him during nap time when I can't be there with him.
3 comments:
P napped at daycare, but won't for me. Peer pressure works!
And the nap mat is awesome. I am so envious of your creative skills - that's great!
There's a kid's book by Kathi Appelt (I think that's her name) called "Oh my baby, little one" about a mom going to work and her boy going to school. P loved it when she was going to daycare!
We had the same experience as EH. The summer before Landon started daycare (when I was studying for the bar), it was a whole big process to get him to lay down and take a nap, so I was SO worried he wouldn't sleep at all at daycare. When I picked him up the first day I anxiously asked his teachers if he caused a lot of trouble with going to sleep and they looked at me surprised and said, "Oh no, he just laid right down and fell asleep!". And that never changed, even if at home it was still a struggle. So there's hope! Peer pressure and schedules and those magical teachers = nap time :)
That nap mat is amazing! Timmy is one lucky little dude to have such a talented mommy (in more ways than one).
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