First day

Marshall’s first day of french daycare (“school”) went really well. He didn’t seem too upset when we left him there, and he was really excited to go. When I picked him up, we got a report from the teachers, and they explained we’d get one every day like this. (will scan later)

He was a bit sad they said in the morning and had some tears welling up but they brought him over to have something to eat and he opened up quite a bit after that. He had a rest (but not sleep), and played in the sand, and listened to them read books, and played with trucks. He peed in the toilets there twice, no accidents. Did I mention we started potty training last week?

When I picked him up he was excited to see me and couldn’t wait to hop in his stroller (the school is a 20 minute walk from our house!) and go to Sobeys. He was quite tired and got a bit cranky at one point, but made it to bed at a nice early hour and fell asleep quickly.

Marshall has been doing extremely well with his potty training. The first day he had accident after accident, and peed his bed that night. The next day, (Sunday) no accidents at all and no pee in the bed. Monday and Tuesday were similar, though he continued to have poop accidents in his underpants. Wednesday we made it to Halifax with no accidents and he held his pee until we got to the hotel in the afternoon. He went in the bathroom with his travel potty seat and closed the door. After a few minutes, I asked if he needed any help and he said he did. I opened the door and that’s when I realized, the poor kid couldn’t get on the pot without a stool, and I guess he just couldn’t hold it anymore being so close and all. *L*

He held his poops until we got home and Saturday night he had 2 big poops in his potty. We were so proud of him, and he got a puzzle for each one as a prize. Yay! So far so good, but I think we are down from one poo a day to once every 3 days now? Unless it’s just temporary…

His 2nd day of school did not go as well unfortunately. He was quite upset when we tried to leave him. He has been very clingy to mommy lately and especially this morning. He asked me if I was taking him to school and I answered yes. Then he asked if I was going to leave him there. yes. why? because mommy and daddy have to go to work! but why? because we need to make money! why? because we need money to pay for our house and our food and toys! oh. He seemed ok with that, but when we went to leave him at the daycare, he tried everything. He had to pee, daddy please take me before you go. He wanted us to play toys with him, wanted his kitty and his soother and his blanket and finally we left and he wailed and sobbed “but I want a drink of w-w-waaaaater!” So I told his teacher and got out of dodge. I didn’t get any calls, so I assume he was fine after about 10 minutes which is generally the case when he gets like this. (he did this a couple of times at Cathy’s too).

I’m leaving soon to pick him up, so I’ll soon find out.