We survived

Well, it’s official, I am now a working mom again. I tried very hard not to count down or anticipate and to focus on the positives and not the negatives because, well, its our reality and there isn’t much I can do about it. 

I was most nervous about taking Owen to a new daycare. And the fact that he wasn’t taking a bottle or napping in a crib certainly didn’t help! I was able to take him for a few hours a few days before my actual first day and he drank a bottle and napped! The ladies were amazing, a group of them came up with many creative ways to get him settled. He now snuggles with a shirt of mine when he eats and sleeps :) They send me pictures and updates and he really seems to be doing well, so far anyway. Such a relief.

I had a pep talk with the kids the night before my first day. Explained I was going to be working again so we all needed to work as a team again. The next morning I headed up to get dressed and Emmy had laid out outfit options for me – shoes, necklaces and all! She really is the best. 

We certainly are going to have good days/week and bad ones but so far we are back to our well oiled machine!

Lots of pics from his first week and first bottles 

My outfit selections from my sweet Emery Jean

Owen got extra snuggles from everyone