I Survived

Well, I survived my first day back at work and so did the kids. While I did cry last night in the middle of the night when I nursed Hailey, I managed not to cry this morning. There were definitely tears in my eyes halfway to work, but they never fell. Miles was a bit bummed out-he thought Hailey was going to be in his room and didn't understand that she would have her own room with her own teacher. He said "But Miss Ada has to hold her!". It was pretty cute and sad at the same time. He wanted to be with his baby sister!

I had a warm welcome at work. They brought bagels and had balloons in my office and gave me flowers. Very sweet! I brought them Grandma Cookies. We were all happy! I only called once to check on Hailey and that was mainly to see if she'd eaten at all. The teacher was at lunch, but the report I got was that she managed to get a few ounces in Hailey. That was good.

When I picked up Hailey, it turns out she did really well! They said she was happy and smiling all day, only crying once. She took the bottle well! She took 4 ounces in the morning, then another 3 ounces and then 3 1/2 ounces. They used an extra small nipple, probably a premie nipple, and she did well with it. They said it took about 1/2 an hour to feed her, but she did take it. Now, sleeping on the other hand didn't go well. She napped twice-once for 45 minutes and once for just under 2 hours. The teacher said that she had several new babies and two of them cried all day and were pretty loud, so that's why Hailey didn't sleep. However, she said that Hailey was going to be "her girl" because she was so good and another teacher said she walked her in the halls and Hailey just smiled away. That's my girl!

Once we left daycare, she was asleep before we got out of the parking lot and she slept until we were home and settled. Then Ahmad held her and then I, when she wanted to nurse. She's been asleep ever since. I hope she wakes up soon! Or I might just have to hold her while she sleeps. I'm sure she'll settle into her routine and will hopefully sleep better at daycare once she's used to it.

Back to work tomorrow.