I Put my Child in Daycare, PhD Mom

[@raifrancoarestegui815]

How is your baby? Once I've tried putting my child in a daycare and stayed there in another room to work in my essay but he started crying and the babysitter didn't care about that, even she didn't try to calm down my baby. It was so heartbreaking I couldn't continue working.

[@phdmom204]

That is so unfortunate, I am sorry! I think I lucked out in finding a really good daycare with teachers that really love all the kids and my daughter loves her teachers. She recently moved classes since she is now running around. She was a little nervous at first, wasn't as excited to go to school (we call her daycare school) so it made me a little worried but I just tried to give it a week to see if she just needed to get used to the idea and she started to enjoy going again. The change is really hard on kids. I think when my daughter first went she was so young she didn't really understand that I wasn't just in the other room so she never had that period where she was apprehensive when she first went (I think it was much harder on me haha). But good babysitters/teachers definitely make a world of difference! I know I am replying to this a bit late, so I hope everything has worked out!

[@dream_psychnurse3360]

What phase of your PhD are you in? I’m also a PhD mom of 2 toddler and a part time nursing student at another school

[@phdmom204]

I am halfway through my third year. I will be taking my comprehensive exams this June. I had my daughter a year ago at the end of January. I couldn’t imagine two kids and two degrees. You are a rockstar!

[@tatianadavilam28]

How old are you?

[@phdmom204]

I am just about to turn 26