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today i got a haircut.. new makeup and new clothes. i guess i'm trying to make an effort for my return to work. while i'm wearing my fantastic trendy new denim skirt, i'll really be missing wearing my 'around the house' shirt which usually has spit up and drool down the front.
i am finding the thought of balancing my life very difficult at the moment. tomorrow is mother's day. can't i just be a mother? isn't that enough of a job? right now, all i want to do is sit here and watch mary catherine enjoying baby mozart .. *sigh* i am sad.
i hope tomorrow is nice and that i can let myself enjoy it without being too blue.
today is our last day at home on maternity leave. how sad is that? and to make it sadder - we've not got many plans for today. so it's making it even sadder. we are going swimming with some friends at 330 - so that will be a nice way to get out today.
i've started getting everything together for our first day back to work and nursery on monday.. i'm going to pack 3, 4oz bottles of milk for MC and one spare bottle so they can give her formula if necessary. ick - i know. but it's nice to have a safety net.
the pump is packed and ready to go.. i find it a little weird to think about doing that at work, but i'm sure i'll get used to it.
well - it wasn't that bad. i only cried twice. we got there at 10 and went up to the room mary catherine will be in, baby bear's room, there were 8 babies in there already with three workers and a student who is on work experience. we met MC's keyworker (who will feed and change her) her name is claudette and she seemed very nice and knowledgeable.
we were in the room for two hours, andrew played with mary catherine while we asked questions and got to know the staff. mary catherine will be the youngest baby in the entire nursery! she's the youngest by about two months. all the other babies could already sit up.. so i guess she'll have good examples to learn from.
andrew was so awesome today - he was very caring and kept asking if i was okay. i am so lucky to have him as a husband and father to our child. i'm getting all sappy about him - but it was just so nice for him to offer help me through this rough period.
i called a friend from our mum & baby group to see if she was up for a coffee.. i didn't want to go home and sit around and be sad. so we decided to meet up at canary wharf. we she arrived, she had three other mums & babies in tow! i called S.O.S and the posse showed up! i can't tell you how much it meant to me... well - i can, actually. a LOT. it's been so nice to get to know all these wonderfully smart women. i am lucky and hope to keep up the friendships i've made once i'm back at work.
so we're home now.. MC is sleeping in her swing. tomorrow is nursery day two ... we're taking her and leaving her at the nursery for two hours. i will go to the BBC canteen and hang out and work on a website i'm doing to pass the time. i plan to take some good music to listen to and avoid being blue. after i go back to pick miss mary catherine up, i'm picking up andrew's sister, sarah at the train station. it'll be nice to hang out with her.
okay - better make the most of this time while she's sleeping. i see laundry in my future. glamourous, huh?
well.. today we go for our first settling in day. from what i understand, we'll be in the room she'll be in with the caregivers and other babies for about 2 hours. andrew is going too, since he will be taking May Catherine and picking her up every day. tomorrow - we're taking her and leaving her with them for those two hours. it's 753 - we leave in 45 minutes.. much to do.
Coffee was good.. Sarah is so nice and Patrick is a real cutie patootie. We then went to get Mary Catherine's last round of immunizations. Within two minutes afterwards she was all smiles. Thank goodness! She weighed in at 14lbs 10oz - still right in the 75th percentile, which is where she's been since birth.
Tomorrow looms large on my horizon - I'm nervous, sad and aprehensive all rolled into one! I'm sure it will be fine. deep breath, deep breath.
Today we're having coffee with Sarah and her son Patrick, from our mum & baby group. I'm looking forward to it. Mary Catherine is really great when we're out and about. She either sleeps or entertains herself by playing with these plastic links I've attached to her stroller. They usually end up looped around her hand, making it seem like she's chained to the buggy!
Mary Catherine is still waking up at 3 in the morning... gone are the days when she slept through the night. It is really frustrating for Andrew and I - as we'd gotten used to sleeping! I wonder why she's started doing it. Babies are such tricky business.
Welcome to my blog.. or weblog, for those not used to nerdy terms like 'blog'. A blog is basically an online journal and you, dear reader, have stumbled across mine. I only have one rule about you reading my thoughts - please note that this blog is for me, not you. I could care less who reads it as it is mainly a tool for me to sift through my own musings and feelings. Read at your own risk. If you don't like what you read - it's not my fault. You have been warned.
Then again, I rarely write about anything controversial.. but a girl has to cover her backside, know what I mean?
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