Brenna's First Day of Nursery

Brenna's first day of nursery was today. She goes to the same nursery Ellen went to, Lawley Village Day Nursery, but is in a toddler class.  Brenna's two trial days a couple of weeks ago went pretty well. She was very excited the first day, went in confidently, said to Amy, one of her teachers, "B for Brenna" while she pointed to her name sticker on her water bottle and waved good-bye to me.  However, she got upset when I didn't come back to pick her up as soon as she thought I would.  I asked her why she was crying and she said, "Because I missed my mommy".  Heart strings pulled!

The second day she didn't want to go, but was alright when I dropped her off.  Since those trial days, she has been crying and saying "I want to stay home with my mommy" every time we discussed her having fun with her teachers and the other children.  So, this morning was the same scene... she simply didn't want to go.  She stopped crying long enough to get a few smilely pictures.

When Ellen and I dropped her off, her teacher, Alex, eventually took her despite her kicking and crying.  I felt so guilty!  Was I doing the right thing putting her in nursery at almost 2 1/2?  We really thought she was ready for school, always loved going into Ellen's classroom and playing with the toys and thought she'd enjoy playing with other children.  Yes, we're doing the right thing, I keep having to convince myself of.  I rang the nursery about 30 minutes later to see how she was doing, and the teacher reported that she was happily playing dinosaurs with Millie.  When Ellen and I picked her up at 12:30, although she hadn't eaten much for lunch, she was lying on a little couch reading a book.  She was happy to see us and announced to the class, "My mommy came back!"  Bless her little heart.  I told her that I will always come back for her.

Brenna said that she had fun at school, so we'll see how things go on Friday.

Her lovely curly locks and her sweet Cath Kidston backpack, which she loves.

Of course, Bunny had to go to nursery, too. This is how she usually holds Bunny, too.  She holds her bottom and strokes the tag... I'm not sure what she's going to do when the tag is completely gone!