First Day in the Toddler Room

My big boy is moving up to the young toddler room at school. It's sad knowing he's not in the infant room anymore. That just means I have to accept that he's growing up. :( Evan has absolutely loved going to school and all his infant room teachers. I can already tell he's learned so much! I know he's ready to be in the big boy room now and have more space to play. 

Today is Evan's first full day in the young toddler room.  He's been transitioning all week which means he split time between the infant room and toddler room.  But today he's there all day.  Overall he did great during the transition week.  We were able to easily transition him away from the bottles/ formula during the day!  Now he only gets 1 formula bottle a day and that's first thing in the morning when he wakes up.  Other than that it's whole milk in sippy cups.  Woohoo!  I'm hoping the formula bottle goes away soon too. I just didn't want to make too many changes for him all at once.

A few changes in the toddler room include getting to go outside twice a day now for recess, napping on a cot instead of in a crib, sitting in chairs vs. a highchair, he has to wear shoes and they discourage him using a paci.  Although they had been working on getting him down to 1 nap a day in the infant room, if he still needed one in the morning they would let him sleep.  However, in the toddler room he gets only 1 nap a day.  Poor guy was super exhausted at the end of each day.  It will just take a few weeks to get used to all the stimulation from being in a new room.  His teachers said he adjusted very well this week.  He had no trouble napping on his cot, he was a very good listener, ate very well, loved outside time and talked a lot.  :) 

Since today was his first day to be dropped off in the toddler room, I thought drop off might be tough for him with new teachers and new class, but he had no trouble.  It was much harder on me than him.  In this room he gets to eat breakfast as soon as he arrives vs. waiting until later in the infant room.  Eating his breakfast is a huge distraction for him and he didn't even notice I had left.  I just couldn't get over how big he looked sitting at the table!  Luckily he knows lots of friends in his class.  Most of the kids in his class were in the infant room with him too, so it's fun to be back with them. 

I took a few pictures of my young toddler this morning before school.  Doesn't he look so big?!

And just because you all know I love the comparison pics.  Here he is on his first day in the infant room vs. first day in the toddler room.  I'd say he's done a lot of growing up!