Elizabeth's first day at nursery while I started Community Bible Study was basically as much of a train wreck as I was worried it would be. Poor Elizabeth! Poor me! I was super nervous on the way, but when I arrived at her room and mentioned that she would not take the separation well, they told me to hand her off quickly and leave. So I did, despite that she started panicking the second she was out of my arms. They were very nice and told me she'd be okay. As I walked away listening to her screaming in complete terror, I told myself not to cry. I sat in the lobby for a few minutes just waiting for one of the nursery workers to try and find me. My eyes kept watering up on me anyway.
The study started a little while after that, and every time the door opened I couldn't help but wonder if it was about her! But after 15 or 20 minutes, I started to relax just slightly. That was when they actually DID come for me, handed me her things, and told me we'd try again next week. Oh no! It was that bad that we needed to go straight home? Yikes. She wasn't actually in her room and it took a few minutes to find her with one of the aides who was there to help with the cryers. After she calmed down, I decided to take her back in the room and sit with her, so as not to end things on a bad note entirely. She was okay as long as she was either on my lap or right next to me with her red eyes and puffy little face.
Elizabeth has been like this from the time she was about three months old--she is not distractable. The good news is that the teachers are very good and that next week, I have a plan to sit with her for ten minutes before I say goodbye and leave. Then I'll come back in ten more minutes if she can't calm down. Rocky start, but we're going to work on it.
All the crying wore her out. She fell asleep on the way home. But by the time she woke up from her nap, we were both much, much recovered.
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