He is crying out there!

Couple of months back when LO started going to daycare, it was a tough time for both of us. Actually I tried to make the transition as slow as possible by taking him to his day care just for an hour and a half and me staying with him there all the time for one full week. Next week I took him to daycare only for 1.5 hour but disappeared for 30 minutes. This way slowly slowly I tried to get him used to the environment. However, when I started leaving him for 3 hours with me being there, there were few days when he was crying at daycare. This made my heart filled with sadness and many a times I thought of leaving my job and taking care of him sitting at home. Even when I used to come to office, I used to feel very sad. In those days some people when asked me how is my son doing, I would say that he is at the daycare and probably crying. They used to smile and tell me, 'O! he is crying out there, not here'. Well, I never understood that why should this make me less anxious. Its not about 'me seeing my LO crying', but its about 'my LO crying'. And his tears, whether they come out in front of me or in my absence, will make me equally sad. In fact, I am better off if my LO is crying in front of me, because then at least I have the option to console him. Thankfully he has totally adjusted to his daycare and in fact likes being there. Many a time when he sees his favorite teacher there, he just goes to her and waves me bye. I feel good that he is in good hands. I want him to be happy happy.