Charlotte at daycare

Here is a video of Charlotte at daycare. Her teachers caught her on camera laughing. Oh so sweet. 

We made it!

So as some of you know I had to play single mom this week because Matt went to New Orleans, Louisiana for work. He left at 4am on Sunday morning and is getting home tomorrow (Saturday). It was a really hard week of getting myself ready and Charlotte ready in the morning, dropping her off at daycare, working all day, then picking her back up and trying to eat dinner, do chores etc in the evening. Thanks to my wonderful friends and family I was able to eat pretty well though through the week. Big thanks to my mom and dad, Cara, Penny, Regina, Jenni, Hans, and Liz. You guys were all wonderful coming up to visit me and help out. I truly appreciated it. Can't wait for Matt to get home tomorrow. YAY. 

Helmet Therapy

It's official. Matt and I have decided to put Charlotte in a helmet to correct her flat head. :( We took her to Children's today to have her head looked at and the Nurse said there was a 50% chance that it would round back out somewhat on its own. 50% is not good enough for us though. I don't want to look back 10 years from now and regret fixing something that was fixable. So...we'll be making an appointment soon to have the helmet made. 

On another note...Charlotte is also sick right now. She contracted her first cold about a week ago and has been congested ever since. Today was the first sign of a fever though. The thermometer read 102 tonight...so we are currently dealing with a fussy baby. We look forward to her becoming healthy again and her head becoming more round. :)

Charlotte on video

Here is a small video of Charlotte sitting. Please ignore all my talking...I was trying to get her to laugh more because of course she stopped doing that once the video camera came out. :)

Charlotte can sit on her own

Today Charlotte is 5 months old and she can officially sit on her own for a good 5 minutes or so. Our little girl is so talented. :) They must be practicing the art of sitting with her at daycare. Here is a shot of her sitting on our bed. That is where we practice since it has a nice soft landing in the event of a fall. :) 

In her crib

So this morning when I went to wake up Charlotte to feed her before leaving for work I found her completely resting against the rails of the crib. Her whole body was pressed up against the side. She has never moved like that in the middle of the night before. When she goes down of course I place her directly in the center of the mattress. Now I understand why you have to box babies in. :)

Charlotte caught a cold

Well...Charlotte caught her first cold. A lot of people said that it was typical for babies to catch a cold within their first week of daycare...but I didn't believe they would be right on target. Charlotte is all congested with a head cold. No fever though...thank God. Hopefully it won't be too long of a stretch. I hate hearing her all uncomfortable when she breathes. 

It's getting a little bit easier

Charlotte just finished her third day of daycare. As people have said...it is getting a little bit easier. I still hate leaving her and I constantly wonder what she is doing all day but I know she is being well taken care of. Props to La Petite Academy. Charlotte seems to love it there.