Addicted

I am completely addicted. Every couple minutes I do it. But it's great! And it's relatively cheap ($25/mo). So, what is it? An internet monitoring system. There are 3 cameras set up in J's classroom and I can watch him online whenever I want. I can see if and for how long he takes his nap. I can see if he ate his lunch. I can watch the teachers. I can see if he's making friends. I can see what toys he's playing with. It's really neat!

I've never been an overprotective mother, but I was still concerned about J going to daycare. This makes me feel so much better. He thinks it's kind of neat too. At least he did once he got over the initial thought of it.

On his first full day, I picked him up and said...."So I saw you ate lunch at the yellow table today. You didn't eat your vegetables though. Did you have fun playing with the legos over by the rug?" He just looked at me, astonished and asked how I knew that. I should have used my mom's old response "Because I have eyes in the back of my head and I pray that you will get caught every time you do something wrong." That made me scared to death to do anything, even when I was a teenager. I tested the limits a bit, and sure enough, she found out every single time! But I wasn't thinking that far ahead, I told him about the cameras and let him know I was watching because I loved to see him throughout the day and I wanted to make sure he was safe. He seemed to really like that.

So, maybe I am addicted and slightly crazy. But it makes me feel better so I don't care!