Okay - that maybe a little click baity, but tomorrow will be a very hard today. You see tomorrow will be the first day I have to drop my son off at day care.
My son just turned 2 less than a month ago and luckily, up to this point, my wife has been able to stay at home with him. This has been awesome because I know she works her butt off taking care of him, showing him all the love he deserves and then some, and teaching him everything you're able to teach a 2 year old. She's been pretty much amazing.
She gave up a full time job working as an engineering manager for a vacuum manufacturing facility (full size vacuum skid units for moving heavy equipment). A month ago, she was offered a part time project management job, and said she was interested. I love my wife and will support her in anything she wants to go after, so I told her to go on the interview. Guess what? She got the job!
She told me before getting the job, that I would be the person dropping off our son at the babysitter because she wanted to be the one that saw his happy face when she came to pick him up. I didn't think this would be an issue, but when she told me this morning that I would be dropping him off tomorrow for the first time my heart sank.
I'm really worried I might shed a tear or two when I have to go drop him off tomorrow morning. I never in a million years thought this would be a hard thing for me, but the thought of someone other than my wife watching my child makes me a little sad. Luckily, this project should only last for 3 or 4 months because in April of next year we're expecting baby #2.
I was just hoping to hear from other new dads out there if dropping your son off at day care is as bad as it feels right now and any advice that helped you over the months/years of having to do it? Tips appreciated in the comments below!