That's me - part time back at work. It's also baby lug - part time in daycare. Here's our first day:

It's list time! (Like I said, not much to blog about but the baby...And here I go blogging about him anyway!)

• Putting your kid in daycare sucks. Any way you slice it, it's hard to feel good about someone else watching your kid 8-10 hours a day. We're lucky we can put him in for half days for two weeks to get him acclimated. My dislike of daycare is no slight to the facility he is going to. They are super nice and really trying to make us comfortable and happy.
• So far Simon's slept for 3 hours each day of daycare. The amount I was able to get him to nap when I had him during the day: 30 minutes. 30 minutes! In my arms! He sleeps for 3 hour stretches in a CRIB in daycare! Harumph.
• Simon picked the last two weeks to reject taking bottles of formula. First 9 weeks of his life? Breastfeeding and 1-2 supplementary bottles of formula were no problem. As soon as he has no choice but to take a bottle? He screams through feedings. So far he's managed to take some formula in daycare every day - so he's not starving or anything, but he still isn't altogether happy about the bottles.
• Being back at work? Ahh - here is a weird conundrum for me. I like it. I like being with adults and getting dressed and doing SOMETHING other than watching TV all day. Hey I can even use the bathroom whenever I want!
• Other randomness - this show is hilarious. The new Wilco album is pretty good. I can't stop eating these.

Here's proof that he's not ALWAYS in that outfit:

Posted by jen at 08:24 PM |Comments (12)

So, I'm on the brink of returning to work from maternity leave. I will have a lot on my plate upon my return - work stuff, mommy stuff, wife stuff, house stuff, and somewhere in there, hopefully fun stuff. Somewhere along the way in the past three months of maternity leave my priorities shifted without me even realizing it. Sure, I had to tend to Simon's needs without hesitation, I realized it when that happened. But now that he's on more of a schedule (ha! by schedule I mean I KNOW when he'll wake me up at night, and I can assume he'll sleep at some point during the day) it's become clearer to me that even as he becomes more predictable, he's not taking up any less of my time. Also, here's the surprise, I don't WANT him to take up less time. Sure I find myself putting him down for a while to get some housework done, sitting him in my lap so I can check email - even if he starts to fuss - just so I can reply to that one more person. But if I could give up working, I'd spend all day with him, gladly ignoring the pedicure I need, and the yoga class I want to take.

So when I return to work I'm determined to be efficient. I want to get as much done in my hours as possible so that maybe I can leave on time, or early, and get Simon from daycare. I'm going to try to squeeze in a day working from home to cut down on the hours someone else watches him. I think to accomplish this efficiency things are going to have to shift, and fall to the wayside. One of those things is most likely going to be this blog. I used to be able to (don't tell my boss) blog during my down time at work and just work and extra half hour, or check your blogs at lunch. But not anymore. So we'll see what happens. I'll keep the site up and maybe I'll blog when Simon's in bed!

Also, I believe that my kid has the right to choose whether or not he wants to have an internet presence, so I don't know if I should blog about him. Let's face it, there's not going to be too much else for me to blog about over the next few months!

Is this entry too serious? This mom stuff is crazy and keeping me so busy! But in a good way. We'll see what happens.

Posted by jen at 09:05 PM |Comments (10)