Thankfulness

I'm very thankful to everyone's support through this daycare thing. I talked with the primary caregiver again, and had a much more productive conversation with her. I really feel like Emma doesn't want/like bottles and is just struggling with them at daycare, and she isn't fussy there like she is at home when she's hungry. Plus, she's now reverse-cycling, so for the last two nights she's eating 6-7 times in between when we've gone to bed and gotten up. It's a lot for me to be up that often, but it's worth it to make sure she's got enough to eat. I'll update tomorrow after the ped appointment with her weight.

Over the last few days, she's really been eyeballing the cups that Joe and I have been drinking from, and actually reaching for them a couple of times. I remember reading that it's easier for babies to drink from a cup than from a bottle, so today we put some freshly expressed breastmilk in a cup and gave her a little bit. She was SO happy. She sucked it right down. Took it much better than she would a bottle, and after two sips, she was done. I know I can't ask daycare to use a cup, but it's nice to know that Daddy has another option.

I'm also trying to remain thankful that I have a job and a home to come to after work. Things got slow at work again, and whenever my hours drop below a certain point, I begin to worry about making ends meet.... but what goes down, must come up at some point. I imagine I'll be worrying about being too busy next week, lol!

On a side note, although I didn't post yesterday, I didn't forget my second angel's EDD yesterday. She would have turned one year old, and I miss my little fighter that only made it 7w3d. I am thankful I've got her sister here with me, and that she's watching over us.