First day at nursery

Just a positive memo for those getting ready to send your babies to nursery. My little one started today and let me tell you, my heart was in my stomach during drop-off. I cried as soon as I got out the building. I couldn't believe our little maternity bubble was over, and the guilt I had was very, very real. I missed my little boy so much today but to have a bit of my own identity back was quite nice and somewhat empowering. I felt excited to be back to work. But most importantly, the nursery were giving us updates throughout the day and my little one was happy as larry. He got to play with other babies, cool toys, go to the sensory room etc. The nursery workers were absolute angels and were so kind and attentive to him. (Our nursery has a camera in the room that's locked down to parents so I could see what was going on). He only really grizzled twice, one in a state of tiredness which he'd do at home anyway! He looked like he had loads of fun and seems to have really taken to his key worker. It was such a relief. In fact, his key worker was with him during his settling in sessions and today he reached his arms out to her. Just wanted to post a positive experience as I was absolutely dreading today but honestly it was good for us all. My little boy was so happy to see me and my heart could've burst when he saw me and started crawling towards 🥹