Got a little behind again, but it happens.
Chloe became an 8-month-old this month! She is still such an incredibly happy baby and keeps getting more and more vocal (about what though? lol) and loud and awesome.
Next month brings another trip for Chloe to the doctor. I had to call them to get her shot records, as she started daycare!!! I'd gotten used to the idea, but it stressed me out. I'm just supposed to trust people I don't know with the most precious thing I've ever made?!?! It was okay, I just wished I knew more people in the area who could have given us recommendations. I think we picked well though. My MIL checked it out as well, and she's got a lot more experience with daycare, and made me feel a lot better when she gave it the thumbs up too. We have several reasons why daycare was our choice:
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| Playing with mommy's phone! |
Chloe became an 8-month-old this month! She is still such an incredibly happy baby and keeps getting more and more vocal (about what though? lol) and loud and awesome.
Next month brings another trip for Chloe to the doctor. I had to call them to get her shot records, as she started daycare!!! I'd gotten used to the idea, but it stressed me out. I'm just supposed to trust people I don't know with the most precious thing I've ever made?!?! It was okay, I just wished I knew more people in the area who could have given us recommendations. I think we picked well though. My MIL checked it out as well, and she's got a lot more experience with daycare, and made me feel a lot better when she gave it the thumbs up too. We have several reasons why daycare was our choice:
- The Husband works weird hours, so he would get to sleep more
- I wouldn't have to worry about whether or not I need to take her to work with me, for any random reason that may come up
- She'll get to be around more people her age and hopefully make some friends
- They'll do better with her feeding schedule than we do...we're not bad at it (just haven't had to plan a diet before), but they'll definitely make sure she's eating what/when she needs to
- They can probably teach her a lot more than we've been doing...we talk to her and play with her, but we need to get better at things like naming items when we hand them to her and talk about colors and noises and such
- I personally trusted a commercial daycare over an in-home one, mostly because I didn't have anyone to really ask about the ones in the area and the commercial places seem to have stricter rules about who can come in and out of the building, they have playgrounds and lots of people employed there to watch all of the kids, they have little buses that can pick up and drop off kids at nearby schools and take them on field trips when they're old/big enough, and all of the reports I read about places in the area just made me fell better about a commercial place
When it's all said and done though, it's SCARY! I finally calmed down about it though, right after I dropped her off for the first time. I managed not to call and bug the daycare, but I called The Husband a couple of times around the time he picked her up to see how things went. She has to get used to being there (she got to a point where she didn't want to be put down and she didn't like the other babies) but I think she will do well.
This past month was huge for Chloe. Not only did she finally start crawling, but she's also added pulling up to stand to her list of abilities. Since she's been practicing walking since she could hold her head up, she just keeps getting better and better at it. We're pretty sure that as soon as she gets her balance while standing we wont have a crawling baby anymore...and that time will be SOON. Someone has already made the old joke to me that since she's learning to walk so fast, she must be getting out of the way for the next one. *Ahem* NOT.
Chloe has two teeth! She has been enjoying eating her solid foods as well. We haven't found anything that she just completely dislikes (we thought she didn't like carrots at first, but my homemade version may have been too thick), but we found that she didn't seem ready for homemade beef or raw blueberries. I've still been making most of her food, but I've bought some too. I couldn't find peaches in the store the week I decided she needed to start eating them, so I had to buy a few jars of it. I also bought food to take to daycare because it just seemed easier on them and us. I also decided to buy jars of turkey and ham because I didn't feel like making them and getting the consistency wrong again. I still make most of the food she eats at home though.
Being a mommy can be HARD! A working mommy? EVEN HARDER. I will say I'm blessed to have the baby and husband I have, and wouldn't replace them for anything in the world. Some weeks are pretty rough physically and/or emotionally, but they both get me through. I'm often still surprised at how everything happened so automatically...one day there were two of us, and then all of a sudden there were three, and I was immediately in love all over again! Keeping us all together and happy and healthy instantly became goal number one, and I'm a much better person with them in my life. I love my little family!
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| She may look like her dad and uncle, but she acts like ME!!! |
This past month was huge for Chloe. Not only did she finally start crawling, but she's also added pulling up to stand to her list of abilities. Since she's been practicing walking since she could hold her head up, she just keeps getting better and better at it. We're pretty sure that as soon as she gets her balance while standing we wont have a crawling baby anymore...and that time will be SOON. Someone has already made the old joke to me that since she's learning to walk so fast, she must be getting out of the way for the next one. *Ahem* NOT.
Chloe has two teeth! She has been enjoying eating her solid foods as well. We haven't found anything that she just completely dislikes (we thought she didn't like carrots at first, but my homemade version may have been too thick), but we found that she didn't seem ready for homemade beef or raw blueberries. I've still been making most of her food, but I've bought some too. I couldn't find peaches in the store the week I decided she needed to start eating them, so I had to buy a few jars of it. I also bought food to take to daycare because it just seemed easier on them and us. I also decided to buy jars of turkey and ham because I didn't feel like making them and getting the consistency wrong again. I still make most of the food she eats at home though.
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| Blurry, but there are teeth! |
Being a mommy can be HARD! A working mommy? EVEN HARDER. I will say I'm blessed to have the baby and husband I have, and wouldn't replace them for anything in the world. Some weeks are pretty rough physically and/or emotionally, but they both get me through. I'm often still surprised at how everything happened so automatically...one day there were two of us, and then all of a sudden there were three, and I was immediately in love all over again! Keeping us all together and happy and healthy instantly became goal number one, and I'm a much better person with them in my life. I love my little family!
