Week 17: First Week of School

It goes without saying that this was a very busy and difficult week for me and the kids. After 4 months on Maternity leave it was time to return to business as usual. But luckily, we've done this little routine before, so we basically just picked up where we left off in September. The daycare facility is the same, the only difference is instead of Mommy and Daddy dropping off one little one, there are two little tykes.

Marshall seemed to remember the school and clung to me the moment we walked through the door and we sent him to his new classroom and teachers, while Chloe took over Marshall's old spot. As usual, we left Chloe full of smiles in her classroom; Marshall, full of screams. I'm not going to lie and sugar coat this - it was very very hard. I had numerous calls each day to both classrooms throughout this entire week to hear the difficulties the kids were having and to communicate with the teachers each child's likes/dislikes/feeding/napping schedules.

With Chloe, it was very different this time than last since she we were still nursing. So that meant that in all my free-time I had to make bottles to last each day and it takes time to train your body to switch from nursing to pumping, especially when you are stressed and hormonal. But despite each call in to check on her, she seemed to have taken the transition a little easier each day. There are two other little girls in her class that are all within a few days of Chloe's birthday, so she enjoyed getting to play with her little friends.

Chloe and Marshall playing.

Little Chick getting her Bath.
Feeling out her mouth!
Soaking in the tub with Marshall.This is how we do it.Naked baby!Snuggled up in a sleepy-sac.Aunt Emily is home from 6 months in Germany, with brown hair!As you can see from this photo...this week was quite traumatizing for Chloe: