Amanda, I wish I were there with you to "try" to reassure you.

TRUST ME....we all worried about such things but in the big picture....Marika will thrive and do well. I worried when I was a young Mom too (guess we all did, right Moms??) but now I have 2 great, healthy daughters in their 20's and I wonder...WHY did I stress ?? They turned out just fine and all I did was "wing it" for the most part. In our days we didn't have consultants, only Mothers and Mother-in-Laws whos advice was sometimes wanted, sometimes not.

I know Marika is thriving! How could she not with 2 such wonderful parents!! Someday, you'll look back on all this and laugh...might take awhile though!