Sippy Cup Snatching!

I was working out the other day and Ava was in the nursery they have at the facility (Alec was at preschool). They have great child care there, so I feel really good about leaving her there while I work out a little. They even have a surveillance camera and I can watch her playing on the screen while I walk on the treadmill!! I thought that was pretty cool technology, and so while I walked on the treadmill listening to my I POD, I watched Ava play.

I had let her keep her sippy cup with her because she had not drink much at all that morning. I realized as I watched that I was watching the sippy cup more than Ava. There have been a lot of sicknesses going around, and I'm a little paranoid. (Can any of you Mom's relate?) Anyway...I watched her put the sippy cup in the pretend microwave, take it out drop it on the floor, pick it back up stick it in her mouth. Then she left it on the table and went to the other side of the room. I was literally getting nervous over this! Then low and behold a runny nosed little girl came along...she sat right down in front of the sippy cup just looking at it while wiping the snot from her nose....I wanted to run down there and snatch it up! Of coarse she picked it up and drink to her little hearts content and wandered around the room with it. When Ava noticed her cup in the little girl's hands she started screaming (I could only see the scream, but can imagine how loud it was) The teacher came over took it out of the runny nosed child's hands and put it right into Ava's...without cleaning it off!!!!!! I think I may have said "NO!"out loud while walking on the treadmill. I actually reached out for the screen, like that was going to do something! OK...so I sound a little crazy...but please don't have me committed, I just want my little girl to stay healthy for once. Every time she gets a little cold she has this HORRIBLE sounding cough that makes everyone stare and glare. Now I realize that there are a million ways a child can catch a cold, and that the sippy swiping happens ALL the time, and it's really not that big of a deal. The truth is that I just don't want to see it when it happens! All this to say I may opt out of watching Ava play while I work out....it's much too stressful! :)