January 25, 2009

I have experienced one of the most significant changes in my life in the last month (along with being born and starting school after spending every day with Mommy for six months). I moved to a new classroom in January. I am no longer in the “infant” rooms, now I am a toddler. This has been a dramatic change for me and I am not sure if I like it. I went from hanging out in one room except for the occasional buggy ride to moving between two to three rooms throughout the day. I used to sleep in a crib and now I sleep on a cot in a room with 10 other kids. I used to be able to sleep when I wanted and now I sleep when everyone else does. Unless, of course, I can’t get to sleep, someone wakes up making lots of noise or anything else that might happen. This does not mean I get to sleep another time, but just means that I am more tired! I like the change of eating at a table versus in a high chair, I feel like such a big girl! I even eat with a big-girl spoon. Every morning when Mommy drops me off, I walk into the classroom, sit down at my chair and wait for someone to bring me my cereal and milk. I am a big fan of the word “eat!” I really like my teachers too. Miss Gina was with me in “infant D” and I like my new teachers, Miss Nisha and Miss Shayla. I love art and projects! I bring home some sort of art every night! I have so much art that Mommy put up a board in my play room to post my “creative” as Mommy would call it at work. After several weeks I am getting more accustomed to this. I don’t cry as much during the day, but I am still pretty tired at night. I really just want Mommy to hold me all through dinner. Mommy and Daddy have many conversations about this but I am hard to deny and Mommy sometimes like to have some peace while eating. To help me be in better spirits, I go to bed earlier now too. I used to go to sleep around 8:15 PM but now since I am so tired, I go to sleep much closer to 7:15. Do you know what this also means? It means that Mommy and Daddy must leave work around 5 pm so they can spend a little time with me before I go to sleep. This makes for a very busy day for them!