Dagis

Elias has had three days at nursery accompanied by me (dave) and tomorrow I am going to try and leave him on his own.

On the whole I think he has enjoyed it. He gets a bit grumpy when he's tired or hungry but who doesn't? I have sneaked off and left him for ten minutes a couple of times (to repark car) and he hardly noticed I was gone.

He was a bit afraid of the other in-mates at first, but luckily they are all really sweet kids. There are 2 sets of twins in his "class". One have been off sick (kids are off sick all the time!), the other set Hassan and Housain (2 years old) are very sweet to him. Oliver (also 2) is a big bruiser but has a heart of gold. If Elias can keep on good terms with him then no one will pick on him. Then there is Sama who is the same age as Elias but a little more independent probably because she's been at the nursery a while already. Amelia and Mamadu are a mere 1 year old and much smaller than Elias so shouldn't cause him any problems. It's amazing the difference between a 1 year old and a 16 month old like Elias.

When it is time to sleep, the kids are put in a quiet dim room with little foam mattresses and towels for blankets and expected to go to sleep. Amazingly they do pretty quickly and without fuss. I hope Elias will quickly get used to that.