Day 264 - Better report

Before I forget - Allie hit a huge milestone over the weekend....she went from a crawling position to a sitting position! The girl can't crawl effectively yet, but she can now go from a sitting position to her belly and now back up to a sitting position. I think she forgets that she can do this now and then...or maybe she hasn't realized what she has done yet (Brad and I have seen it once together and I saw her do it the other day in her crib), but she has done it!! I'm sure she'll get more efficient with the daycare now, but she's slowly gettin' the hang of it!

Today was a much better day with the whole day care thing. I called at noon to check in and Ms. Brenda told me that she ate up all her food at each feeding and did not cry at all! She did mention that yesterday she cried a bit once she realized that we weren't around, but today, in her words, "is like she's always been here!" Our note today had positive remarks including her 3 naps...yes - 3 naps! They were short, but they WERE indeed naps! The only thing I was a little upset with was they didn't feed her at 3:00...they just looked over it. I have never sped home quite so safely (I know - that sentence doesn't quite make sense) to get a baby fed...ugh - it still makes me a little upset. She went from lunch to dinner with just a few snacks and a juice bottle in between...Tomorrow I will make sure that Brad reminds them of the afternoon feeding.

I think Brad has been the cutest in this whole debacle. He's the one that I thought would be the rock throughout the daycare ordeal. He was going to be the stern one that could drop her off without feeling sad (like me) and the one that wanted to see her socialize with the other kids (I did too - just not at daycare!)

He sent me an email earlier today that read:

"Call me after you pick up Allie, I want to know what they said about her first full day..."

"Take note of how many kids are in the room when you get there and how many of them are 'big' kids that can walk competently"

Apparently he is worried that the older walking kids will pick on Allie...

When he got home, I don't think I've ever seen him rush over to Allie as quickly to hug and kiss on her...and then proceed to check her for bumps, bruises or bite marks...and then he told me how hard it was to drop her off and leave her this morning. My heart melted right then and there!

The past few days have been super busy, but I feel like we are both coming into our parenthood more so now than ever. We have both pulled together as a team and a family pulling our weight equally in Allie stuff and household stuff. It makes my heart soar.

Allie went down today super quick - she didn't even want me to rock her....she wiggled around and finally I put her down in her crib and she whined for a few seconds and was out like a light! It makes me a bit sad that she didn't need me to rock her (that's our thing and our snuggle time), but I can't complain. She's a good baby...a super good baby.