Naptime Blog

A new baby started at daycare, it has been so rough on Tristan. I am not sure how to get him out of his funk. For the first time ever I am rethinking my decision to be a working mother. I feel so bad about his personal stress. The first day the new baby was there Tristan sat on the floor at daycare and cried and nothing calmed him down. He was not hysterical it was just a whimpering with big crocodile tears. I left work early to pick him up and he didn’t leave my lap all night. Every morning we walk into daycare and Tristan runs over and hugs Mrs. Cora, then sometimes he snuggles or he goes and plays. The day after the new baby started he did not want Mrs. Cora and sat by himself, I felt so bad leaving him. Today is day three and Cora said he is more involved again. I hope this means his sleep gets better. Every night since the new baby started he has been having nightmares and he wakes up shaking and crying so I moved him back in bed with me. 

I think adding to his personal drama is the fact that Cora rearranged the play areas at daycare to accommodate the older children (2-4 years old) that she follows a curriculum with. Tristan does not like the new set up, I think he may be going through an object permanence stage. I hope all of this gets better so I can sleep again and Tristan is not so sad and stressed.

-Chrystal