Set to fly

It is Ciro's first official day at a family day care.

Dad and mom accompanied him to get familiar with the environment last Friday and then Mom stayed with him for another morning on Monday. I wished to stay with him longer so that he wound't feel left alone all of a sudden but the teachers said it should be better just let go. The longer I stayed, the more he'd believe mom should be around all the time.

So there he is, crying. And mom left weeping, too.

Is it time to set the small baby to fly already? Will he understand that mom should not be around all the time and learn to play with other children? He has been an independent boy and was able to play by himself for a long time. But that was when mom was in sight. He is always a mommy's little boy. I really am not confident whether he can adjust to this abrupt change or not at such a young age.

All I can do is to pray and hope he don't get hurt in his feeling. Hope his little mind knows that mommy wish to be at his aside all the time but one day he will want to fly away, too.

Sigh, this is heartbreaking.