Firsts

Yesterday and today have included a lot of firsts for Tadpole and me:

First playdate - yesterday our friend C brought over her 12-month old daughter c for a playdate, and to make sure that the sudden stay-at-home-ness wasn't too overwhelming for me.  c is walking, so I also got a preview of just how un-baby-proofed our apartment is (on the plus side, c did help us find the scissors we'd been looking for for a couple of days!)  All in all, good times, and I've come to the conclusion that we're just going to build some sort of large corral in the front room for Tadpole.  She can move between that & her room, or sit with mom & dad on the bed.  Otherwise, no access to the rest of the apartment.  That's feasible, right?

First dinner - I prepped onion & garlic while Tadpole watched, then she announced that I was done.  Still, we had Red Lentil Soup yesterday, and I made it.  I'm calling that a big win!

First trip in inclement weather - it was rainy, but that didn't stop us from heading off to Target (literally just around the corner).  Baby steps, but at least I know I can take her out.

First video chat with grandma - only kind of.  Tadpole has video chatted with grandparents many times, but today was the first time since I found myself at home. It was good to talk to my mom, and a good break for Tadpole and I.  Had been scheduled for yesterday, but I wasn't quite that organized, so we did it this morning.

First car trip - that came today.  Tadpole and I drove to look at a daycare we're interested in.  She was wonderful - didn't cry either there or back (~10 minute trip each way), although she did try to pull off her sock.  Really, the biggest issue is that when she's quiet, I start worrying that here's something wrong.  I'm looking forward to road trips not ending with "good, you're still alive."

First stab at finding new childcare.  More about this tomorrow.  I did like the daycare - it looks like a great place & appears that they've put a lot of thought into how to have a good system for taking care of infants and above.
(I'm actually a little surprised that this was the first - the nanny placement agency we went through had said they'd be sending information on some additional candidates.  I think I need to follow up tomorrow).

First day not blogging (yesterday). Not that I think I disappointed my legion of adoring fans, and I don't think I'm going to try blogging every day, but still, a first, and I'm cataloging firsts.

Definitely a lot going on, and it's only Thursday.  I'm supposed to do this for some extended period of time? These tasks are supposed to become routine?