Wow, I haven't updated the blog in over a month!! Sorry! Life has been... busy. Very busy. Adjusting to life as a working mom after living in a fantasy world for 16 months has been quite the adjustment. We're finally starting to settle into a routine. My house isn't as clean as I'd like it to be, laundry isn't done as frequently, and there's always a large pile of ironing to be done (oh wait- the ironing situation was always like that) but those things don't really matter anyway- right?
Maya sadly had a tough time adjusting to daycare- many hours of crying, not eating at daycare, waiting at the door for "mamma" to return. Asking to go "night, night" in her pack n play because she saw it as her safe zone. Fortunately, she now seems adjusted and is starting to show her true personality and is acting silly for them. She's eating up a storm and dancing for them! She has new friends and walks around saying "Hi ____" to them!
Here are her official "back to school" pictures. This was before she was well adjusted to daycare...
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"Uh oh- you're leaving me here again aren't you!?"
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Her teachers have been beyond accommodating- allowing her to take more than 1 nap if she asks for one, dropping whatever their doing when she enters to help her transition into the room, giving her lots of one on one time, making any food modifications or adjustments that I request, and just being patient. It's really an amazing little home based daycare. She's still super clingy to me at night and on the weekends, and seems to worry that we'll leave her most places we go, but that too shall pass I'm sure. We think daycare is actually bringing her out of her shell a bit more which is very fun to see as she's a super sweet and fun little girl! They e-mail pictures out every month and the ones from August are amazing. Once I edit out the other children's faces, I'll post them!
Onto another topic- last month we went to Longwood Garden's with my mom and my neice and nephew. We had a blast. Here are some pics!
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