Meanwhile, Estelle has completed Day One and Two of "La Maternelle" = nursery school.
She went from 8:30-4:30 both yesterday and today. She seems totally fine and was happy and babbling when I picked her up each day, talked a blue streak, played independently upon arriving home, and didn't seem overtired.
Here's her getting ready to go Monday morning.
Thomas drops her off on his way to work. I should mention that tomorrow (Wednesday), she stays home. That's the way it works here. No school on Wednesday. A little break in the middle of the week. Hence many many women do not work on Wednesdays. Including MOI.
Today when she got home, Winnie the Pooh had to eat all his vegetables. I think I can imagine what's going on with her in the cafeteria ("la cantine") at school. Incidentally, children cannot bring their own lunch in France. Either you eat what they serve in the cantine or you go home for lunch. Verdict is still out for me on how I feel about this slightly "red" policy.
And my new thing is a Medela electric pump. My sister Mary always raved about hers, and since Léna is slowly starting to work up the time she'll be spending at Cathy's 3x/wk, I thought it might be good to move into the high-tech world and go electric instead of manual. Also, here in we-pay-for-everything-you-might-need France, it is FREE to rent one for as long as you need it. So, I thought, why not?
Result: BOO!!!!! Slow and noisy. Not any faster than my manual Avent one - in fact, slower, and takes up space and makes noise. The only advantage is you don't have to squeeze and unsqueeze but who cares. And the manual one is smaller and goes anywhere more easily.Think it will be going BACK. So disappointed! Thought I was really going to strike gold.
