As of yesterday, Keziah is officially enrolled in daycare at Rainbow Riders. I'm not going to be taking her full time until next semester, so for now she will just go here and there. I took her in yesterday for 3 hours and I stayed for half the time.
It's really hard for me to even like the idea of daycare. I want to be there to interact with Keziah all day, but unfortunately I'll never finish school that way. So, I'm trying to ease into it. I got to know the workers a little better yesterday. They seem to take care of the babies really well, tending to their needs promptly. But, there is only one worker for every three babies. Granted, that's an excellent ratio for a daycare, it's still hard to think Keziah won't be number one all the time!
After hanging out for an hour and a half, I left to run some errands. I came back after an hour and Keziah was still hanging out on a boppy pillow, exactly the same way I'd left her. It seems like she's not going to get very much interaction. I know she won't be left to cry, but the workers probably won't be up in her face talking to her either, as they have other crying babies to tend to!
I feel like her development will be slowed the more she goes to daycare. But who knows. There are tons of different activities for her to do and lots of brightly colored objects around the room, as well as mirrors for her to look into. I just hope she doesn't get overstimulated from everything going on around her! Keziah did take a nap when she was there, and she seemed to do just fine. I can't imagine leaving her there ALL day long!! It's gonna be hard.
Oh daycare. I've always wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, and hopefully I'll eventually get to be one!
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