Today Andrina and I had our first "child care" experience. I went to the gym and took Andrina with me. Tom's back was hurting yesterday so I didn't want to wake him up to watch Andrina in the morning and I didn't want to wait until later to go to the gym. So Andrina was in the child-care area and I watched her on the monitor while I worked out. Overall, it was a success. My baby is securely attached and when I first left her, she didn't even notice I was gone. But for the 20 minutes I was on the elliptical glider, she walked all over the play room, not playing, just walking. I think she was intimidated by the bigger kids. So I got off that machine early and went in there to "check her diaper". Of course, I was really checking in on her, making sure that she was ok and she was. And her diaper was too. But when I went to leave again, she whined and threw her arms around me. I told her that Mommy was going to use one more machine and then I would come get her and we would go home. And then she was actually ok for me to leave and was happy to see me come back for her another 20 minutes later.
Overall, it was a successful experience. But Andrina was the youngest and smallest child in there. When we were leaving, a mom with a toddler came in. Too bad they weren't there when we were. She really can't play with other children yet and they were hogging the toy that was out. When I came to check on her, I pulled out more toys but Andrina was not interested in them. She was being held by a staff member when I came to take her home. So I was glad to see that someone picked her up and was holding her. She looked like she needed to be held.
As for me, I didn't get in a real workout. I usually work out longer and with more intensity but it was exercise for me and Andrina was ok with the whole experience so yes, all in all, it was a success.
Oh, it was member appreciation day at the gym, that's what the balloon is from. Andrina loved her balloon and played with it for hours when we got home! Closely supervised of course!
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That is about the age that I started to leave anne in our child care room at the workout room. Unfortunately ours is just a room w/in the workout room that has a door that closes, a tv and toys. no adult to supervise, but I checked all the toys first and they were all safe so I felt fine leaving her. (Plus, I was about 10 feet away from her and could watch her through the door if she needed it.) Anyway, my experience w/ a kid that young is do NOT check on them. It only reminds them they miss you and actually would rather be w/ you than being in there alone. Anne did great in there as long as myself or no one else (how about that for bad grammar) came in to check on her. If they did, she'd start to cry uncontrolably. Once she was closer to 2, I was able to go in and say "Are you ok? Do you need anything" and she was fine w/ me laaving again. Now she LOVES to go "workout" and actually requests it on a weekly basis.
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