Hey girls! I know I have been MIA, but getting Eva into daycare and starting work has been crazy. Then every second I have her home I am clingy

Rose, Eva did the same the first time - IU kept one spoon and she had another and she was feeding herself sort of messily and I would follow up with little spoons...she still is not so great with the veggies, but the other night I tried fruits and she LOVED it...Looks like she has a sweet tooth like her papa...

Beany, I use tommee tippee, so the shift from 2-3 seemed a bit large, but now she has no problems...it is just a matter of getting used to it - there was a week where she was dribbling a lot of milk...The avent bottles gave her awful gas at first so I don't use them anymore...I think it is important to let guests and other people feed him - Eva freaked out the first day and woudl not eat but she got used to it quickly, and by this week she has been a dream (I'll get to that). What does his eczema look like? Eva has started getting litte dry patches on her elbow and her butt...I put cream on it, and am not sure if it is just dry skin or eczema - is there a particular characteristic the eczema has? I tried googling it but I only see super crazy cases so I don't know what a basic case looks like...For the daycare thing, talk to to other parents, even if it means trying to come by to watch in the late afternoon and hunting some down in the hallways :-) If the kids look happy and the caretakers are affectionate with them that is already good. Check for cleanliness and hygenic supplies (hand washing posts, clean towels, antibacterial soap and see if they use it!)...In any case there are germs and drool no matter what you do, but it is important that the people caring for him be kind and patient and answer your questions. If they tell you to come mid day that is good since it means that they are focused on caring for the kids in the day and during pickup and lunch. Ask if they have a week where you come in with him while he gets used to it - that is what matters. Good luck - it is really hard to leave them but it is ok - they start enjoying it pretty fast. It is def harder for us!

Willow, I saw your puics of Harry! He is hilarious! Eva does not roll that much, just fron tot back, back to front - I don't think she has realized that she can roll with purpose! Yay for the kitchen! Can't wait to see the whole thing finished! It is so exciting getting the house in order!

Suz, Sukcs about your father but it is good to see he is trying and it is nice for the boys to have their grandparents around - all of our issues go out of the window for our babies, don't they...But I get you on being happy to get back into the swing of things. Especially with babies so young it is nice to have our little rythm at least during their waking hours...

Alison, yay for Amelia and the solids! I saw her pics! None of those Eva faces for her...lol...She seems very ready and very happy to be a big girl I hope you feel better. You guys have winter coming, so it sucks since all the bugs starts spreading now...I am supposed to be in summer here but it is cold and rainy, boo, northern European weather! As for lunch or dinner for solids, lunch is better. My friend has tried both and she said the baby cries with tummy pain when it is given too late, I also noticed that Eva spits up more when I give her solids and when it is in the eve she sleeps really badly, so I do think it is just to let their tummies get used to digesting the solids (and give them time to break it down by sleep time).

Update on Eva now So the first week in daycare was really hard, she refused to eat - the first day was fun for her since she only had to stay for about an hour and play, the second day she refused to eat and the caretaker had to keep her in her arms for half a day, put her to sleep in her arms, then when she woke up she took a half serving of food...then I brought her home and she ate two hours later, lots of solids and a whole bottel then slept for like 4 hours! Third day was slightly better, she ate almost one whole bottle. On the last day (thursday was a holiday here so she stayed home)...she napped and ate half a meal then a whole one. Monday was her first full day from 830-330 and they said she was great and thet they barely felt her there, she played, ate and slept with no problem! They were amazed at how she never gets tired on her belly...They said she is great with self entertaining and self settling for sleep. So all in all great. The lady who is responsible for her is so great, she is super affectionate, loves her and kisses her all the time and Eva smiles now when she sees her. She even grabs her face when saying goodbye, which she only does to me and her grandmother So I do feel much better about the whole thing and am happy to get back to DHs side in the office. I will be gettin gout of work at 3 every day now and probably working out every day for about an hour then picking her up around 415 (her daycare is really close to the house).

So I was really stressed the whole of last week, and having serious anxiety in case she didn't eat or whatever. Yesterday was her first day and I def had some anxiety for that and ended up with a splitting migraine and in bed, so I missed the lady gaga concert I had tix for last night I was so upset since I was really looking forward to a night out with girlfriends and seeing gaga....I would have cried if my head was not hurting so bad. Last muigraine was right before flying to NY so I think they are triggered by stress and fatigue. I have to rest more...

She started rolling front to back and back to front so she does both now And she likes fruits more than veggies so I might just have to get her used to fruits first...This girls is seriously a mini version of her papa...I hate sweets and he loooves them and she seems to be like him!

Otherwise, am back to work so let me get to it - I have 6 months of disorder to organize!

xoxo