Lillian's First Day of MMO

Lillian started her first day of "school" on September 6th. It is just a Mother's Morning Out program and she goes 2 days a week. I decided to put her in the program for two main reasons; for socialization and to help her learn to take instructions from another authority figure. Plus it gives mommy two days a week to run errands with only one child!

I wasn't worried about her going to school. I knew she would really enjoy it but the night before I started to worry about her being independent. At home we try to have her do things on her own but the two I didn't think to teach her prior to MMO was going potty by herself and eating lunch. I naturally just wipe her after she goes potty so i know she is clean. She can wipe herself and she did fine her first day but I still worry about her going #2. The second concern was eating lunch. She eats okay at home but I had to think about what I sent her with and if she'd be able to open the packages. Later I found out they have helpers who open food for them but I was trying to make it easy on them. I just  put everything in ziplock bags and her lunch box came home empty so I guess she ate it all.

After we drop her off she has snack time, she is always more pleasant after eating. Then the rest of her schedule is something like, Chapel, academics/art, playtime, lunch, and music. With some potty breaks thrown in there. Here are the pictures we took that morning.

Checking out her shadow as she walked into school

pictures with Daddy before going inside

When we went to pick her up her teacher said she did great. We asked her about her day in the car and even tried again later that evening but all we got out of her was Yes and I don't know. We asked her if she met any new friends and she said yes. We asked their names and she said Ms. Morgan. I asked her anyone else's name and she said I don't know. We are thankful she had a good day and loves her teacher. Hopefully her second day of school will bring more conversation. 

Adeline"s 10th month

Adeline turned 10 months old on August 9th.

Sleep: Adeline is consistently sleeping through the night. We generally have one last feeding around 10:30 and she can make it to 7am. Her morning naps are only about 45 minutes and afternoons naps are about an hour and a half. If sister isn't home making noise then Adeline has slept longer for her morning naps. I love watching her sleep on the monitor and she has fallen asleep sitting up lately. 

She also sleeps with a little blanket animal and she loves to snuggle it

Eating: sweet baby loves food. I nurse her five times a day and she gets solids for at least three meals but I wouldn't say a full meal of solids. She loves meat but is definitely more of a picky either unlike Lillian was. Ever since we started solids she has had trouble going poop. It's so heartbreaking to watch. We tried pear juice and it only sometimes helped but we would still have to give her a suppository every few days which was painful for her. Now we sprinkle Miralax on yogurt or pour some in a bottle of water or pear juice. The Miralax has been very successful. 

She started crawling this month and not long after she started pulling up on things. 

Lillian is always hugging on Adeline and now Adeline is starting her plan for payback and Lillian loves it.

This pitiful face started this month. It is almost a fake cry that starts when she is hungry

Adeline got her first tooth this month and then her second one soon after. I love baby smiles with just the two bottom teeth. 

she made this face a lot while she was teething