Guess I Should Bring You Up to Speed!

Sorry to leave you hanging! Maddie's first day went great! Mrs. Courtney said that Maddie was too busy playing to eat the first few times she tried to feed her, but then settled down, drank her bottle and slept for 2 hours straight! She must have exhausted herself playing with all those new toys and new friends. So far this week, there are only 2 other toddlers in Maddie's class, but there will be a total of 7 by then end of the month. She's going to exhausted with that many kids to play with!

Mrs. Courtney has a board outside of her classroom that updates the parents on what they did in class each day. On Tuesday morning when I went in to drop off Maddie the board said "Today we welcomed Miss Madeline to our class! And we must have done a good job making her feel at home because she smiled all day!" And when I took her in the room that morning, true to form - she flashed a huge smile at the lady watching over the classroom (Mrs. Courtney had not arrived yet). When I left her that morning, Maddie had 3 women fawning all over her and she was still smiling that huge grin. Each day I get a report from Mrs. Courtney about how much Maddie ate, when she slept and what she did that day. On Tuesday, the report said that Maddie worked on her fine tune development skills by shaking musical instruments and that Maddie ate all THREE bottles by noon. She must have worked up an appetite!

That brings us to this morning, once again when I dropped Maddie off she was all smiles, leaning towards the floor - eager to get down and play. Can I tell you what a good feeling it is to know that she enjoys being there? I could just hug Mrs. Courtney for taking such good care of Maddie and for making her feel so comfortable. Courtney asked me again this morning - now how old is Maddie? I said 5 months and she said I thought you told me that but she's already holding her bottle and trying to crawl and I thought that just can't be right. I told her that Maddie has been eager to grow up from day one, and that it doesn't make Mommy to happy. I wish she'd slow down for just a minute - before you know it she'll be 18 and leaving home and I'll be crying the corner mumbling, you just had to crawl and hold that bottle didn't you!

So far our little Maddie loves school and this makes Mommy and Daddy so very happy. It warms my heart to know that she is enjoying this and it's not a negative experience.