Daycare Update

As it turns out, Nevaeh is doing great at daycare! The ladies say that Nevaeh loves to watch the big kids play and she's getting used to napping in the sometimes (or perhaps always) noisy and chaotic atmosphere. But I'm not gonna lie, during her first day of daycare, I was all set to quit my job and open my own daycare so that Nevaeh could be with me. I have absolutely nothing against the ladies at daycare...I would just prefer that Nevaeh spend more time with me, that's all. But having gotten used to her being there, I now look forward to my lunch breaks so that I can run errands without hauling around an infant who thinks that I use the car seat as some type of torturing device.

Nevaeh also picked up her first cold, probably from one of the kids at daycare. She never got a fever, just some congestion and a slight cough. After spending last Friday listening to her wake up about 7 times in the night to cough, I had the brilliant idea of running the humidifier in her room. Since then, no nighttime coughs have been heard. I also give her tylenol at night since I think her ear might still be bothering her.

My challenge now is to get her to back up. Yes, that's right, "back up" in terms of reversing. She will scoot her way forward from one end of the crib to the other and when I hear her start fussing around 6:30 am, I will go in her room and find her stuck in a corner. Not stuck in the slats of the crib or anything, but stuck because she can't move any further forward. I can just see it now. She is going to be the child who falls asleep with her head on the pillow and blankets snuggled around her. Yet she will wake up either on the floor or with her head at the foot of the bed... her blankets in disarray... and perhaps even her pajamas piled in a heap somewhere in her room.