Well...I was honest, but used positives as suggested. Mom has kept child home since (with non-working father) for the past 2 days. Says it's a low grade fever; but I suspect otherwise from way over protective Mom (Child co-sleeps, exclusively breast-fed/no sippy, held constantly, never left for independent play on floor/or ever outside or socialized with other children/people as admitted by Mom). Frustrating as this is not helping her at all with transition. On the upside, in preparation I do have a wait list to fill her spot, just in case. The quiet is such a relief these last 2 days.