Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Enter: Separation Anxiety

I thought we were going to be the lucky ones who skipped out on SA since it starts in a lot of kiddos around 6-7 months.
When I dropped him off at the nursery so I could go work out this morning, he totally freaked. It was my first experience where a nursery worker waved me off and said, "Bye Mom!" I had this weird feeling like all the sudden I was "that mom" who didn't want to leave...who wanted to stand around to make sure her Little Man stopped crying.
And yes...I stood on the other side of the wall and counted the seconds. It was a gut wrenching 20 seconds. *sigh*

Tonight, when I dropped him off in the nursery while Kyle & I went to a meeting, he MAJORLY freaked. I know he cried for at least a minute...probably 5.

Sadness.

Since he's always been such a social butterfly, I never dreamed he'd have SA.
Is it bad that a part of me was glad to see that he didn't want me to leave?
He's so independent; sometimes I feel like he doesn't know the difference.

Oh well, we'll get through it!


2 comments:

M & M said...

So Bittersweet! And he really did calm down very shortly last night (he stopped crying before I left)

Stephanie said...

Gosh Lindsay...I SO know that feeling. L just started doing that when I leave her at daycare. I hate leaving when she does that. But I must say, I LOVE picking her up....it is the best when she sees me and just smiles!