First Day of Daycare

I have been dreading this day since the day Emerson was born. I have known that I would have to go back to work and leave Emerson at daycare but it was still hard! Mackenzie stayed with the kids all summer and it went well but they kept her busy. I just felt better about having Mackenzie watch her because I really know her, it was in our house, she was willing to follow whatever schedule I wanted and she did about anything to keep Emmy happy. However, daycare was a different story. Andrea her daycare provider was very nice but it seemed like she ran a very organized and scheduled daycare. Which isn't a bad thing... but I worried about my no schedule, feed on demand breastfed baby having to adjust to this. She was also expected to nap on a schedule and just be laid down for nap not necessarily rocked to sleep. Needless to say, I was a nervous wreck her first day at daycare. It is a good thing Robb drops her off because I probably would have left bawling.
She got a great report the first day! Andrea said that she ate her bottles really well, was happy for the most part but wanted to be held most of the time and surprisingly enough she napped really well. Each day has been better than the last. She has started to enjoy playing with the other kids more and is not needing to be held constantly. I had a hard time believing that she was getting her to take 2 good naps a day but Emerson has been really happy in the evenings and has been sleeping at night better. Andrea has a touch we don't have. We still have to rock her to sleep or most of the time I feed her to sleep.
It took a couple weeks but I am feeling really confident that we made the right choice about our daycare provider. She keeps us updated on how the day went and Emerson gets a little report card everyday. I love this because she writes everything on there. It tells how many bottles and what time, naps and times, diapers and overall mood. I guess the nurse in me likes that I get a little report of how things went. Emmy is always happy and playing when I pick her up and Andrea seems to genuinely care about all the daycare kids.
I think Robb and I have both decided over the years that daycare is one of the most stressful things about having kids. I am hoping that this keeps going as well as it has been.