You Can Do It!

The weaning-off process at school has slowed to a crawl and the wife’s frustration is on the rise. For the past two weeks, they’ve been stuck at the wife leaving for 15-30 minutes. Some days, the teacher doesn’t even work with the wife because she’s too busy. On the days in which the wife has left, Caitlyn has cried for the majority of it, though it’s slowly decreasing. At this pace, the wife probably won’t be able to drop off the baby and permanently leave for at least another month.

I suggested she apply for a position at the school because she’s more or less become part of the staff there. When all the teachers are occupied, the kids will go to find her instead. Unfortunately, this seems to be a large portion of her time there. So instead of just focusing on Caitlyn, the wife is also taking care of a slew of other kids. All this free of charge, which is just plain wrong.

While she would love to go off at the school for the way they run things, she’s hesitant because she fears the teachers might hold a grudge against our baby. Besides, nobody likes an overbearing parent. Besides, their stance is pretty clear based on how they responded the last time the wife made a suggestion, “If you don’t think you’re suited for this place, you’re more than welcome to look elsewhere.”

This of course has led to people questioning why we’re still sending Caitlyn to the school with all its inconveniences and indifference. But the fact remains that Caitlyn does seem to really like going there, which is why we’re still there. Too bad the wife doesn’t feel the same. But my argument is that she’s already spent nearly a month there now, so it would be a shame to just stop and start over from scratch at some other place. If she could just hold out for a little bit longer, the hardest part will hopefully be over soon.

I know we're close because this weekend, the wife and I left Caitlyn with Grandma and Grandpa for close to seven hours while we went to run errands. She didn't cry when we said goodbye, and when we came back, she barely batted an eye as she went right back to playing with her Legos. Just a week ago, she would have bawled her eyes out and clung for dear life to Mommy as we left and flung herself onto Mommy when we returned.

And now, for some strange reason, she's also all of a sudden become OK with putting bows in her hair. What the heck is going on?! I don't know if going to school or my parents visiting or maybe a combination of both is having an effect on her, but I'm definitely liking the new and improved Caitlyn 2.0. Hopefully the expansion pack where she's able to stay at school by herself is coming soon.

Hanging around

Lift those legs!

Horsing around

Don't you love my pretty bow?