XYZ is doing great, and I am still enjoying my time at home with him. Though, I must admit, some days are harder than others. I have to hand it to full-time stay-at-home moms....babies are a lot of work. They say 'it takes a village,' and man are they right!
Just Monday I woke up with a stomach bug. It wasn't terrible, and I probably could have survived the day alone, but Simon decided to just stay home with me instead. Man, what a lifesaver (aka - stress reliever!) Just having the extra hands around to hold X definitely helped me feel better.
Over the past couple of weeks we have:
- started to smile
- started to look at people/things more directly
- almost rolled over
- eaten an enormous amount :)
- slept for a couple of 5-6 hour stretches
- had some longer stretches of happy awake time
We are headed to the beach this weekend to visit with Nanny one last time before I head back to work....for which I have mixed emotions. As one mom told me: 'you have to come back to work in order to rest.' I can believe that. I'm already fantasizing about going to the pumping room and just napping!
Luckily his daycare is going to let us bring him in the week before I head back to work and do a couple of test runs with him. I will definitely take them up on this offer. They've already called twice just to check in on him (and I'm sure to make sure we're still coming), but so far, they all seem very sweet, so hopefully I won't have too much anxiety when I have to leave him there all day that first week.
Some photos from since our last update:
One of Simon's favorites: Alphabet Man...saving the world from bad spelling
I think it's a real smile....
Our 1/2 Canadian snuggler...
I remember being excited to finished a cup of coffee while it was still hot when I got back to the office. When I was on maternity leave it seemed like something always happened to keep me from drinking it before it got cold and I'd warm it up like three time in the microwave before just dumping it. There's seriously no time like now though for completely indulging in cuddles with your baby! Enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteOh, do I hear ya on the coffee. Every morning Simon asks if I want him to make me some, and I just tell him there's no need to get it started this early....it'll take me forever to get to it!
DeleteAnd I'm totally indulging in cuddles and allowing him to be on his own schedule...telling myself that I'll let daycare put him on a schedule. I figure I'm going to be paying them enough - they can deal with the struggle of trying to get a 3 month old to do what you want/need him to do, right! :)