Day Care Saga

We are having the hardest time finding a day care. I have been working from home but I have to go back to the office March 3rd. We found a day care we really liked but are #3 on the waiting list. They don't expect to have space for us until June. Then we found another day care we like as well. We had to wait to register because we were waiting for Kaden to have her shots. Today I went to register and there were no more spaces. Mind you last Friday there was a space. First of all I hate having to put my baby in daycare so young, but not working is not an option. Miami is a very expensive place to live and defintely requires two incomes. Well now I don't even know what to do for day care. Kaden and I are flying to NC on Tuesday for a week and when we get back I have one more week before I have to go into the office and no day care.

Speaking of flying, I am very anxious to go on the plane with Kaden by myself. Before I had a baby I used to be one of those people on the airplane that cringed when I saw a baby on the plane because I knew what was coming, crying. Now that I am on the other side I have a different perspective. Hopefully Kaden will be a happy baby on the airplane. If not then myself and the other passengers are in for a long plane ride. I would love any advice from someone that has been through this before.

2 month check up

Kaden had her two month check up yesterday. We are a little behind because we had some issues to work out with her health insurance. We went to the pediatrican for the first time since we left the maternity center and we really liked our pediatrician. Kaden cried off and on through the entire visit. I felt so bad for her. She screamed when she got her shots. It is so hard to watch your little baby cry like that. I think I get just as worked up as she does because I feel so bad for her. She worked her self up so much she feel asleep almost immediately. She has grown some more. Her stats are below:

Weight: 13 pounds 2.5 ounces (88th percentile)

Height: 24 inches (87th percentile)

To answer a common question I receive about Kaden's feeding. I breastfeed her and everynow and then supplement with formula. She was on formula when she was in the NICU. So when we came home I had to switch her to breastmilk and ever since then I have supplemented as needed. It varies from day to day how much I supplement. Some days she doesn't need it and there are some days where she has a lot of formula. She has a very healthy appetite as you can tell.

Pics of our beautiful girl

I just want to eat those cheeks

Kaden's first pair of flip flops

I love this picture

Kaden's first pair of Crocs

Funny sleeping positions

2 months old

I can't believe Kaden is 2 months old. Time is going by so fast. Here are some things that she is able to do now.

• She can hold her head up
• She pushes up on her feet when you hold her
• She is wearing 3-6 month clothes
• She is cooing and smiling
• She even looked like she was trying to roll over the other day
  

Thankful

We just went 5 days without AC. You might think no big deal but here in Miami that is a big deal. Since I moved here in 2004, I think I have gone a total of a week (not in a row but cumlative) when I turned the AC off. The week that we did not have AC we were in the low 80s. But we got it fixed! When you loose things like that it makes you appreciate what you take for granted.

We are thankful to have AC.

We are thankful that we could afford to fix it.

We are thankful that it broke in January and not August.