A Mommy Story

…she is comfortable enough with her surroundings to settle in on one of the couches for a quick nap:

Mira started her new preschool last week. Her teacher, the much loved teacher that Cordy had for special-needs preschool, has won over the second born as much as she did the first. Mira is absolutely thrilled to go to her afternoon preschool class and comes home each day with stories of all of the cool new things she did that we don’t let her do. (Like use scissors.)

But having a full day of school – with morning preschool at one location and afternoon preschool at another location – is affecting her nap schedule. She doesn’t have the ability to nap in the afternoons now, leaving her a grumpy mess by dinnertime. The situation above hopefully won’t be a trend, and she’ll either adjust or learn to sleep when being transported between schools.

Ask Mira if she’d rather nap or go to school, though, and she’ll quickly tell you she’d rather be at school. My little one insists on growing up as fast as possible despite my efforts to stop her.

Yet when I come home in the mornings, she still makes me “I missed you” cards (even though she slept while I was at work) and sometimes cries when it’s time for daddy to take her to school. It breaks my heart, but it also confirms for me that no matter how fast she tries to grow up, she still can’t avoid being my baby.