8 weeks. That's all the time I get to spend every possible minute with my precious little girl. I'm not here to complain, I've always known I would continue to work. In an ideal world I would work part time or even 30 hours a week, but the world isn't ideal. Unfortunately. Maybe one day that would be an option but for now back to the 9-5 I go. I'm actually pretty fortunate in the job that I have now considering my profession. It's hard to find many attorneys who don't work extremely long hours, especially in the early years. But, I actually have a job where I can pretty much work 8 30 to 5 ish and be done. Of course there are exceptions and times when I do have to work more but for the most part my job doesn't require long hours. I actually can't imagine not working at all though, I just don't think the stay at home mon thing would be for me. Five weeks in and I actually am missing using my brain a bit, and interacting with people more. Now don't get me wrong, if we had PLENTY of money I could be a SAHM bc them I could fill my days with shopping and lunches! But I know me and even then I would still need to do some type of work a couple days a week. Anyways... Point being for me, this 8 weeks is it:( there are parts of me that are ready to return to a schedule/ structure but yet I am going to miss the HELL out of my sweet girl. It sucks. I wish maternity leave was like 6 months or I had a job where I could work 25 or so hours per week. Boo hiss. But, because I don't I'm trying to truly enjoy this small amount of precious time I have.
I have tried not to fill our days with things to do. It's hard for me because I like to be on the go but I know it will
Make time go by faster if I slam our days full. I'm really enjoying being "lazy" with my girl. ( I realize full time SAHMs don't get to be lazy I am just purposefully being lazier than normal because I have so little time to do it). Anyways our days consist of snuggles on the couch together, tummy time together, lots of napping ( for both of us), and I love just holding her and watching her sleep, coo, etc. Most mornings after the first feeding she and I will get on the couch together and snooze, it's my favorite thing to do. She spends the first twenty minutes or so just staring around and I could watch her like that for hours. There's really not much better in life than having your child wrapped up in your arms sweetly snoozing away.
I'm putting house chores aside ( of course I'm not living in filth, but I've backed off the typical OCD cleanliness routine I keep up), and focusing my energy on Collins. We typically wait for Mikey to Get home and then go on a long walk, the days have been gorgeous and it's the perfect time of year for evening strolls! Not too hot out yet.
Collins is still an on the go baby as she has been to two Carolina baseball games, a wedding weekend away, a birthday party, and a couple restaurants already; but those events are typically on weekends or at night. During the weekday I'm concentrating on having lovely lazy days with my favorite girl in the world..... Wishing they could last forever.
I have tried not to fill our days with things to do. It's hard for me because I like to be on the go but I know it will
Make time go by faster if I slam our days full. I'm really enjoying being "lazy" with my girl. ( I realize full time SAHMs don't get to be lazy I am just purposefully being lazier than normal because I have so little time to do it). Anyways our days consist of snuggles on the couch together, tummy time together, lots of napping ( for both of us), and I love just holding her and watching her sleep, coo, etc. Most mornings after the first feeding she and I will get on the couch together and snooze, it's my favorite thing to do. She spends the first twenty minutes or so just staring around and I could watch her like that for hours. There's really not much better in life than having your child wrapped up in your arms sweetly snoozing away.
I'm putting house chores aside ( of course I'm not living in filth, but I've backed off the typical OCD cleanliness routine I keep up), and focusing my energy on Collins. We typically wait for Mikey to Get home and then go on a long walk, the days have been gorgeous and it's the perfect time of year for evening strolls! Not too hot out yet.
Collins is still an on the go baby as she has been to two Carolina baseball games, a wedding weekend away, a birthday party, and a couple restaurants already; but those events are typically on weekends or at night. During the weekday I'm concentrating on having lovely lazy days with my favorite girl in the world..... Wishing they could last forever.
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