Thursday, June 19, 2014

Four Months


WoW! Four months already. I hate that she is growing up so fast. Every day she does something new and it amazes me. This month has been the month of milestones. She has rolled completely over, giggles out loud, she talks up a storm and tells us all about her day. She has started rice cereal and loves it! We are still playing around with the combinations. At this point she is eating the cereal twice a day, but still wants to eat every two hours. She has started this new think where she refuses to sit. We will hold her up to stand and her little legs start getting shaky so we try to sit her down. She refuses. She will arch that back and stand back up like she is saying “no, guys I’m good!” She is holding her own bottle. We barely hold on to it. she will pull it in and pop it out of her mouth.  She loves her play saucer. she is still a little small for it so we have to put a blanket around her when she is in the set, but she loves playing with all of the toys.

I feel like I am torn in my life’s decisions right now. We had the hardest time trying to figure out day care. We visited the one at Andrew’s office which was nice, but I cried like a baby when we left. I couldn’t imagine her in there. Thank God a friend put me in contact with a lady that runs a daycare out of her home. We went to visit her and love it! She seems so sweet and keeps an immaculate house. She has converted her dining room into the play room and has little monkeys painted on the top of walls with each child’s name beside them. I have prayed that I would feel peace when I walked into the right place and I felt it there.

I still feel sad about the whole thing. I have always said that I couldn’t be a stay at home mom, but it breaks my heart to think about her being raised by another person. Who will be teaching her ABC’s, who will teach her numbers, who will be hearing her first words or see her walk first. More than likely not me. It makes me so sad. I feel like I am not spending any quality time with her either. With us building a house time I get home I speak to her then we have to run off to do something for the house and then by the time we are done with that its time to put her to bed. We are blessed enough to have my dad watch her until she is 6 months so I know she is in good hands and will learn a lot with him, but I wish it was me.