Separation anxiety or a mommy phase?

Мар 17
2010
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When I dropped off Cameron at school this morning she started whining and crying and didn’t want me to plop her on the floor per usual. Normally I put her down and she immediately starts playing and is happy as a clam. She doesn’t wave good-bye to me but I also don’t push the leaving process. A quick kiss, drop off of bag and a wave good-bye. Cameron hardly ever notices I’m gone. Apparently this is not going to be the case going forward.

I shouldn’t be surprised at the start of this mommy phase and/or separation anxiety. It’s about the right time frame (12-15 months) and for the past week she has been very, very clingy. And only with me. If DH tries to wake her up or spend some alone time with her she does nothing but cry. I am attempting to be good and stay away. But it’s hard! Equally hard is that Cameron is attached to me from the moment she wakes up until she goes to sleep. I don’t think that I do anything differently than DH in changing her diaper or getting her ready for school or bed. But she is fairly mellow (aside from some thrashing) for me and constantly whining and squirming with him.

DH picked her up from school yesterday and Cameron cried her head off all the way home. True, she is tired and not napping well. But poor DH is getting tired of being the «bad guy» in Cameron’s eyes. It’s frustrating for him, me and probably Cameron. Perhaps I should go on a business trip and leave the two of them to work it out? Not that I have any business traveling coming up…

Suggestions from other parents who have had to deal with this?

Автор Stacey, Рубрики: Cameron, issues |

When a doctor’s note isn’t enough

Янв 21
2010
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Cameron has been sick all week. She’s been fever free since Monday but as I wrote in my last post she has a wicked bad sore throat. I’m allowed to say «wicked» as I hail from Massachusetts. DH and I have been layering her pain medications – Motrin and Tylenol. But still she will eat maybe 3 ounces in a sitting if we’re lucky.

I thought ahead and got a doctor’s note outlining the dosage of the two medicines. Go me, I thought, patting myself on my back. This way the day care will have to give Cameron her medicine. After all, I had a doctor’s note.

Nope. No deal. Apparently the day care will not give medicine unless it’s a life threatening situation. Not to put my crass hat on or anything but WTF? I totally get that they are trying to avoid liability but what if Cameron had an ear infection and needed antibiotics while in school? Is DH supposed to interrupt his day and make a round trip to the day care to give her the medicine? I say DH because he is much closer than me and would have to be the one to do it.

Has anyone else experienced this with your day care? Do I have any recourse here? Cameron still has a sore throat and I’m worried she will drink even less than she has been for us.

Автор Stacey, Рубрики: Cameron, Daycare, illness, issues |