Hadley’s 1st Day at Daycare

My maternity leave has ended, so Hadley started daycare on Monday.  Since we had kept Arden there to hold her place and to keep her attending preschool we were all pretty used to the routine for getting out the door in the morning.  I don’t remember why Arden was upset, but check out that pouty lip!

The 2nd was a holiday for most businesses so it was pretty quiet.  Both Dave and I had decided to take the girls to daycare and use the day to get some projects accomplished – One Month To Win It for me and building a wall between our breakfast nook and the office for Hubby. 

 
She did fabulous!  I had to refrain from overselling her to the teachers because I didn’t want it to backfire, but she’s such a good baby.  Everyone said she was super easy – drank her bottles down no problem, burped right on cue, slept really well, etc.  She’s more excited and happy to have her diaper changed than any baby I’ve ever met.  Cracks me up!  Since there were so few kids there that day, Arden got to spend some time in the infant room with Hadley, which makes me feel happy that they both got to have a special day for Hadley’s first day.

With Arden, Dave used a week of paternity leave and stayed with her the first week I returned to work.  This really helped us determine how she would react to bottle feeding for a whole day – she was a snacker and I didn’t want to make the bottles too big and risk having them dump them out because they were out too long.  No worries like that with Hadley.

I work three days a week, so we sort of have the best of both worlds – the social interaction for the girls at daycare and some adult and intellectually challenging time for me, and then four days at home with my babies!

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