This is the latest jumper. Its the same pattern as the last one but in a size 6!!! Ridiculous sizing.

I didn't bother with the hood, even though I had enough wool. I was sick of knitting it so just put a collar on it. It has a pouch at the front that you can't really see in this photo. I don't love it, it s'okay, but I don't love it and I only wanted to get it finished because I have a three-project rule and I wanted to start on something else and I already have something else sitting unfinished.

The wall behind bubby is our entranceway which is another unfinished project, but the rule only applies to knitting luckily!! I still have to do another coat and then pull the masking tape off at the bottom.

In other news, bubby went to daycare twice last week for a few hours. I am feeling very conflicted about this. I think they could do things better to help kids settle in. When we get there they say hello but nobody actually 'takes' him. Well, they didn't the first day and they did the second day because I think they twigged on to the fact that I wasn't leaving until I was happy. The tears on the first day might have been some indication that certain needs weren't being met as well (yes, I mean my tears, lol).

The thing is, I need to feel that I am handing him over to someone, otherwise it feels like I am taking him down to the local shopping centre and leaving him there - people are all around him but he doesn't know any of them and he isn't 'with' any of them. That's how it felt. That's why I wouldn't leave. They were hinting at me to leave, saying he would settle in if I wasn't there, but I wouldn't budge. To me "settling in" and "realising there is no use protesting at being abandoned" are two different things, so I want to make sure its the first one and not the second.

He is going again next week, for a few hours each day. Steve has taken three days off, so I will be able to go to my new job without worrying. I am sure I will 'settle in' to the job more quickly that way as well!

He looked perfectly contented when I picked him up on the second day. He actually looked like he was completely fine and happy. Its just the 'greeting' ritual that I am not happy with. No, I don't want a stranger to come up and 'take him' and lead him over to an activity and then walk away. That's not good enough. I need to know that he has made a connection with someone who he knows is taking care of him. Then I can walk away and I will be fine. I am not neurotic, I think this is completely reasonable. He's new. Once he has been there for a couple of times I doubt that this will be necessary, but it annoys me that they don't see this as being obvious. I don't know anyone who can walk in to a room full of strangers and be completely comfortable!! Even adults find this daunting, so imagine what its like when you are 2!!

So, they are under my scrutiny and if I am not happy in a week or so then I will be looking for an alternative.