Micah will be two weeks old tomorrow, but this is going to count as his update because I'm (planning on) going back to classes tomorrow and will probably be too exhausted to actually write. If I'm not, I may let you know how the day actually went.
Needless to say, I"m definitely not looking forward to tomorrow. I'm more feeling bad about leaving my baby so early than upset about being away from him. This will probably change when I actually need to leave the house, but maybe not. I think it's going to be MUCH easier to leave him at home with daddy/grandma/auntie than it would be to drop him off at daycare.
I actually did a practice run today. I left Micah at home with Jeremy while I ran to Target. I wasn't even gone an hour, but other than feeling bad that I was leaving my baby, I didn't get upset. If I don't let the guilt get to me, I may do okay with this. And I'm not leaving him for more than 4 hours at a time (I plan on coming home on my 2 hour break on my long days) so it's not like I'm going back to work where I'd leave him for 8-9 hours at a time.
I've gotten in to the habit of going back to bed after Micah eats at 5:30/6:00 am. Not a good thing because I sleep until 8:30 or 9:30. At that point I need to be staying up and just getting ready, then napping later. Well, I honestly don't know how napping will go on the long days because I really only have an hour break and I need to eat and either pump or feed the baby in that time. Class is done at 3 and then I usually go get Isaiah, if I don't right away I won't even have an hour until his normal pickup time. I don't know how I'm going to stay awake! It will be early bedtime, that's for sure. Tuesdays and Thursdays are going to turn in to "rest up" days!
I got a Moby wrap today. I never "wore" Isaiah, but I had fewer responsibilities then. Now there's the whole house to take care of, plus a 3 year old. Actually, I mainly got the wrap so I could hold Micah while still being able to research/write papers, read over slides, study, what have you. The boy definitely likes to be held, and I have no problem with that. I've started swaddling him in his crib for one of his naps during the day, but since I won't be with him 24/7 anymore I don't want to have to put him down to work on school stuff. We did a trial run with the wrap and it seemed to go okay. We will have to see how well it works when I use it for real.
Needless to say, I"m definitely not looking forward to tomorrow. I'm more feeling bad about leaving my baby so early than upset about being away from him. This will probably change when I actually need to leave the house, but maybe not. I think it's going to be MUCH easier to leave him at home with daddy/grandma/auntie than it would be to drop him off at daycare.
I actually did a practice run today. I left Micah at home with Jeremy while I ran to Target. I wasn't even gone an hour, but other than feeling bad that I was leaving my baby, I didn't get upset. If I don't let the guilt get to me, I may do okay with this. And I'm not leaving him for more than 4 hours at a time (I plan on coming home on my 2 hour break on my long days) so it's not like I'm going back to work where I'd leave him for 8-9 hours at a time.
I've gotten in to the habit of going back to bed after Micah eats at 5:30/6:00 am. Not a good thing because I sleep until 8:30 or 9:30. At that point I need to be staying up and just getting ready, then napping later. Well, I honestly don't know how napping will go on the long days because I really only have an hour break and I need to eat and either pump or feed the baby in that time. Class is done at 3 and then I usually go get Isaiah, if I don't right away I won't even have an hour until his normal pickup time. I don't know how I'm going to stay awake! It will be early bedtime, that's for sure. Tuesdays and Thursdays are going to turn in to "rest up" days!
I got a Moby wrap today. I never "wore" Isaiah, but I had fewer responsibilities then. Now there's the whole house to take care of, plus a 3 year old. Actually, I mainly got the wrap so I could hold Micah while still being able to research/write papers, read over slides, study, what have you. The boy definitely likes to be held, and I have no problem with that. I've started swaddling him in his crib for one of his naps during the day, but since I won't be with him 24/7 anymore I don't want to have to put him down to work on school stuff. We did a trial run with the wrap and it seemed to go okay. We will have to see how well it works when I use it for real.
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