The stress of taking the girls to nursery on my own!

My first time getting the girls ready for nursery was very stressful! I’m a very organised person, but having to think of five things at the same time was going to send my mind into a spin!

I got the girls uniforms all sorted the night before as well as their rucksacks so I could find them easily in the morning.

We woke at about 6.45am. The girls don’t need to be in nursery until 9.00am so we had loads of time.

Those two hours have never gone so quick!

My wife had left to go work by 7.15am and to be honest I was like a headless chicken. Giving the girls breakfast, getting them dressed, looking at the clock, trying to remember everything my wife said for me to do which included making sure they had something else to eat so they don’t get hungry at nursery. As the time went by I tried to get everything sorted coats, shoes etc. 

My wife told me that the girls watched Timmy and Dip Dab on CBeebies and then leave for nursery.

First mistake – yes they watched Timmy, but R missed Dip Dab following her mad father around the house resulting in R having a meltdown, but I can’t turn the clock back even though R seemed to think I could so she could watch Dip Dab!

I am now totally lost!

What am I doing? All I can hear is myself shouting, “Girls! Coats, shoes, rucksacks!”

We are at the front door! Lets go girls! So we’re in the car, all ready to go! R says, “I need a wee!”  followed by M! Really girls? OMG! Back in we go, less than 10 minutes before nursery starts! Where has the time gone! I know parking will be a nightmare now as well!

I think I am actually sweating! We arrive at nursery with about a minute to spare. I had packed their blankets and toys in their rucksacks which turned out to be a mistake, although I thought I was doing a good thing!

In they go, all smiles and I go off to work for two hours working like I am possessed to finish a particular part of the job.

I arrive back at 11.30am in plenty of time only to be told by the teacher that I had packed too much into M’s rucksack and she couldn’t lift it as it was too heavy! In that brief moment I felt like I was back in school!

Over the last two weeks I have been to the doctors twice as both girls have tonsillitis . It’s probably the first time either of girls have been to the doctors in over a year and it has to happened in my first two weeks!

The girls are now getting better thankfully and on the fourth day which was yesterday they went in, happily gave me a kiss and cuddle and walked away, then they turned around ran back to me and gave me another kiss and cuddle, held hands and walked in together. It melted my heart. So cute!

It’s been a stressful time, but also a strange and difficult time, but I am definitely beginning to settle into my new role as a part time stay at home dad. 

I am not sure I am getting any better because I feel really stressed on a Monday and Tuesday every time, but hopefully I will get better in my new role!