[angelkisses0102]

Nichole...now that I have more time...grandma & grandpa just took the kids to the fair...woohoo...I thought I would expand on my answer.

~ Please take this in the sense that I mean it in...only a helpful suggestion...do not just leave him without telling him...like the others have said...make it a ritual...tell him you will be back and then do the same thing upon your return. Our kids sometimes really don't understand that we will come back...Alex is fine when I leave him at daycare...because it is a ritual...but will freak out if I go into the garage and leave him in the house...ugh!..because it is not part of our ritual.

~ What will you do if he really has a hard time and begins to regress? If he really starts to suffer and can't go to daycare? If 'stay hoime' is the answer...maybe don't go back to work at all...at least for a while longer.

~ Don't know what kind of work you do...but can you get a schedule that would leave him at home with your DH...you know work nights or weekends?

~ Personally, if you can at all make it work...stay home. There are so many costs associated with working...clothes, food, gas, etc...and the biggest cost may be setting back your child's attachment.

Now remember, my kids DO go to daycare...but hopefully, I will be staying home in the next few months...I know Alex will love it...I wish I could have stayed home sooner...but we simply couldn't make it work. But we did make huge changes to our lifestyle and DH took a huge paycut to be able to be home more...and now he is working to make more $$$ so we can live without my salary...

Follow your gut and your heart...in the end...you will do what is best for you and your personal situation.
Karen