First Week of Daycare

This past week was Elizabeth's first full week of daycare. And she did great! She didn't actually go on Monday because she was still feeling a little under the weather with her cold (actually she was feeling fine, but since it was my first day back at work I didn't want to also be all worried about her being sick) so Eric stayed home with her. They had a fun day! The rest of the week was great. I didn't take any pictures her first day of school but here she was on Friday. I thought she looked so cute with her bow and her shoes that I just had to take some pictures before school!


Here are some of the things we've learned about our sweet girl recently:

1. She's a morning person like her momma - just look at the first picture taken Friday at 6:45 am!
2. Now that she's getting up and ready for "school" early she is perfectly happy to go to bed between 7:00 and 8:00 like the books suggest she should. (Until now, her bedtime was more like 10:00 - 11:00.)
3. As a result of 1. and 2. she now gets up between 5:30 and 6:30 even on the weekends! If anyone has any suggestions on how to teach a 3 month old that its ok to sleep in on the weekend, please let me know!
4. She can sleep 7 1/2 hours between feedings. She only did this one night - but now we know she can. Maybe this week she'll do it again.
5. She likes bathtime. Her daddy was right - she is much happier with it warmer. Her momma was too worried about getting the water too hot that I was keeping the water too cool. This was recently confirmed by the cute turtle bathtub thermometer.
6. Even though the daycare recommends 2 changes of clothes for "accidents" Elizabeth needs more like 3-4 - usually because of her spitting up, although we did have one diaper explosion at daycare this week too.
7. She doesn't mind clips in her hair! And she looks so cute with them!
8. She doesn't love shoes (yet), but if you put them on when she's happy she'll usually forget about them and wear them all day. But if she's mad when you're putting them on her, you can forget about it.
9. She loves hitting toys - above her playmat, attached to her bouncer or in your hands. She's not really grabbing at them very often but she sure likes to hit them and watch them move.
10. Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton is her favorite book. She likes the Cat in the Hat but its a little long for her attention span.
11. She loves riding in the car. She still falls almost instantly asleep when the car starts to go.
12. Her mobile with her "friends" is still her favorite thing.
13. Now that we have more of a schedule with wake up and bedtime, she seems happier. She's generally eating a whole bottle every 3 hours during the day instead of "snacking" on 1 or 2 ounces more often. She also is much less fussy in the evenings.

It really is amazing how much we've learned about her is such a short time!


Another picture from Friday. I just couldn't stop with the camera!
This afternoon we all went for a walk to the park in our neighborhood. It was a little chilly so I put on her jacket. And it was sunny so I put the sunglasses on. I figured she'd hate the sunglasses, but she actually didn't seem to mind them and wore them until I took them off. She didn't love the jacket though. But how cute is she!
Her daddy thought I was pretty silly for taking her out of the stroller onto the playground, but I think she enjoyed seeing something new. We're going to wait a little while before taking her down the slide.