Kaylee is starting her transition to the toddler room at daycare this week, and I am trying my best not to be filled with trepidation.  There are big changes ahead, and I can’t help worrying about how she’ll adjust.

A few months ago, a coworker stopped by to tell me that her son was being transitioned, and that the daycare had given her a list of new requirements: no more bottle, no more crib, only one nap a day, etc.  She was concerned.

Now I’m concerned.

My biggest worry is about nap time.  The kids in the transitions room nap on cute little kid-sized cots, and I can’t for the life of me figure out how they expect my daughter to hold still on one of those.  Cribs have BARS for a very specific reason.  (So I don’t wake up in the middle of the night to find Kaylee climbing into the towel/bib drawer in her dresser.)

I ran into that coworker again a couple of days ago and gave her the grave news that Kaylee was transitioning.  She’s less concerned now.  I guess her son has actually adjusted rather well to the toddler room, and the one-nap-a-day rule has made her weekends less chaotic.

Interesting.

So this could go ok?  The daycare teachers know what they’re doing?  My kid won’t come home hoarse from crying because of the torture she endures every day in the transitions room?  Are you sure?

I guess I need to relax and trust that her teachers will do their best to make the transition smooth — that they really do have my daughter’s best interests at heart.  (After all, they are moving her a little early because they think she’s bored and isn’t being challenged enough in the infant room.)  And I need to trust that my daughter can handle it.

So I’ll do my best not to panic anymore.

But when she abandons me to go away to college, all bets are off.

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