Playdates, physical therapy, and daycare, oh my!

Molly and I have had quite the week so far. We went to Caroline's for our first playdate on Tuesday with a bunch of the other kiddos in the group -- Olivia, Sadie, Mia, Whistler, Ramey, and Ethan. Molly is still too young to 'play', but it was nice for me to be able to hang out with the other moms. One downside of going back to work is that I won't be able to do stuff like that during the week anymore.

After the playdate, we drove up to Jason's office so his coworkers could meet Molly. They loved her, of course, and couldn't get over her red hair or how much she looks like Jason.

We continued the action on Wednesday with our first physical therapy session for the flat head problem. Jason and I learned a bunch of new ways to hold Molly to help her strengthen her neck and get used to tummy time and turning left. The physical therapist doesn't want us using any equipment, like bouncy seats or swings, so it means we have our work cut out for us carrying her around all the time and interacting with her on the floor during tummy time. The good news is that we can still practice standing (Molly's favorite activity) and I can carry her facing out in the Baby Bjorn, which Molly seems to like much better than facing in.

Molly still hates tummy time, but the therapist said with a little hard work, she should be a different baby in 2 to 3 weeks. Unfortunately for now, it means I have to spend most of the day pissing her off. I'm letting her hang in her bouncy seat right now as a little reward for being manhandled all day. Hopefully the 20 minutes she spends in it won't negate any progress we've made.

I'm also counting on daycare to help with the flat head problem. We stopped by yesterday to meet Molly's teachers, drop off her paperwork, and ask a few questions before her first day next week. I was happy to hear that they spend a lot of time working on tummy time and getting the kids to sit up by themselves. And hopefully Molly will pick up a few tricks from the older babies in the class! Only one more week to go before I'm back at work and Molly is in daycare full time....