I am so happy to announce that Emma Claire has taken her first step!
Yesterday {September 16th, 2012} she took one step towards me with her little left foot! I was so proud. Since then she has taken several more steps and two of them were towards her daddy!
We also had another big first yesterday...
Emma Claire stayed in the nursery the entire time at church!
I decided to let daddy carry her in and hand her off, hoping that she wouldn't have a complete freak out. I felt like we dropped her and RAN out the door. But I really just didn't want her to see me leave! We didn't get called at all during the service and I was surprised. When we went to get her she had a few tears on her little cheeks but all of the nursery workers said that she had JUST started crying. I could also tell by her face that she hadn't been crying too long so that was a relief. They did say she wasn't too thrilled to be there. They tried to give her some veggie sticks {our go-to problem fixer} and said she threw them on the ground! ha!
I think she will like nursery a little more once she is completley mobile and can run around with the bigger kids. I don't think she likes being in the "baby" room, can you blame her? Ha!
This fall she is going to get plenty of experience in nursery. Between church, BSF, and MOPS she will be in nursery 3-4 times a week so I really hope she adjusts quickly!
Any tips from you nursery pros out there???
After church we headed to Mimi's and had a quick brunch.
I was shocked when she stayed asleep from the car to the resturant to the booth and was still asleep as we ordered! I was having major newborn flashbacks! She did wake up after a bit and joined us at the table.
As always she was quite the ham and made friends with everyone around us.
I am just so proud of her accomplishments lately. I feel like time is speeding up {if that's even possible} the closer we get to her first birthday! I am currently in the process of designing her invitations and trying to get more house stuff done before the big day!
One last thing...my sweet friend Lindsay is having her daughter TODAY! If you could say a little prayer for her and her family that would be much appreciated. I can't wait to see Miss Savannah's sweet little face!
Seriously she is what every pregnant woman wants to look like right before delivery! Hope she doesn't mind I snagged her picture to use!
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As far as nursery tips go, I learned these working from the other perspective as the babysitter, that as long as the parents drop off and leave immediately, it's better on the kids. It's also important to not make it a big deal. They can tell how you're feeling too, so try not to make it an emotional goodbye. I hate saying this, but you really got to be in that "whatever" mindset. Just give them a quick kiss good bye and leave.
The parents who acted like that, ALWAYS had the kids that did not cry. Or if they did, it was the shortest cry. I'm sure it's hard, but it'll be better for them. Plus with all the exposure that she'll be getting soon, it'll make it easier. :)
Oh! And CONGRATS on the first steps! YAY EC!! :)
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Amanda, I couldn't reply because you don't have an email address attached to your profile! Shoot me an email! Mallorieshappyhome@gmail.com :-)
YAY EC!!! Everyone keeps telling me "oh no watch out now that you have a walker!" I think it is SO fun though! Olivia is listening and responding more and more to "no" so even though she is walking she isn't being bad or anything! Now I just have to chase her a little bit more but I can use the exercise! haha
we do the drop and run. we loved our nursery and G has been in the walking class since 9 months. Took her longer to get adjusted there...she'll get used to it and soon love seeing all her little friends. G's been going since 6 weeks so she "gets it" now.
so proud of both of you for the nursery time! and so proud of EC for walking!! Come back now!! I wanna see our babies chase each other hehe
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