Baby Steps

Making a little progress on the gym babysitting room front. After several failed attempts to leave Grace in the kids' room at the gym, I decided to try actually staying in the room with her for a few weeks. Over the past two weeks, we've gone 5 times. The first 3 times, I stayed in the room for the entire 30 minutes. The next time, I tried leaving the room after about 20 minutes, and I guess she was doing fine until she tripped and fell, then looked for me, realized I wasn't there, then started crying. The fifth time, however, I left the room after only a few minutes and was able to stay out of the room for 7 whole minutes without incident. I keept peeking through the door, and she was doing just fine. I might have been able to stay out longer, but I didn't want to press my luck. I wanted it to end well. So I went back in, picked her up and declared it a small victory.