4 days

4 days. That's what it took for Maya to get back to normal after our little break on Saturday. My mom said that Maya handled it well, no tears just smiles when she woke up from her nap and we weren't here. Dave and I were only gone for about 2.5 hours. We were too worried as to how Maya was going to react to us being gone when she got up from her nap. We did a little shopping, grabbed some lunch and headed home. Everything seemed fine when we got home. Maya did seem to cling to Dave a little more than usual but nothing too crazy. That night when we went to put her down for bed, she cried. She cried for a few more minutes. I must have gone in 3 or 4 times before she finally fell asleep at about 9pm (we put the girls down by 7pm). She woke up crying at about 1am and then was up for the day at 6am. This girl usually sleeps like a rock from 7pm-8am so this was out of the ordinary for her. Even for her nap the next day, she cried and only slept for about 45 minutes. This trend continued until Thursday.

Poor girl. We knew it probably wasn't the best idea but man did we (I) need a break. I know what happened too. Poor Maya was afraid to go to sleep because she didn't want us to go away. Next time we leave her it will be when she's awake. It will probably be a few weeks, if not more. I don't think she's ready right now.