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OK, I really need to make more of an effort here!
A lot has happened since the last time I blogged. Connor will be 5 months old next week (!?!), the summer is already over, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Um, what happened to July?...
My wee boy is not so wee anymore! He got weighed this morning at breastfeeding group, he's 16lbs 9oz! He's also quite long in the body, so he doesn't look too pudgy...however, the muscular development in my arms has never been so evident...he's heavy to carry around, and he has recently decided that he is to be carried around from about 4pm until bedtime at 9! Any wonder I grabbed the sling I saw at Once Upon A Child with hardly a second thought!!
He's absolutely wonderful, though! He's been sleeping through the night since the beginning of July, and while it means he doesn't nap particularly well during the day, the fact that he goes to bed at 9pm and doesn't get up until between 7 and 8am means that not only do we get a full night's sleep, but we even get some time to ourselves in the evenings. (which, of course, is usually taken up with getting the tasks done that didn't get done during the day.....sigh.....)
But who am I to complain???? I've been sleeping uninterrupted for over 2 months now!!!!
Connor is generally a happy, content little fellow; although he does have his moments where he will whine incessantly to the point where I'm about ready to throw him out the window.....lovingly, of course.....but then he'll smile that big, wide grin of his and laugh that rather contagious laugh, and I just fall in love with him all over again!
I need to get some recent photos of him up here. Unfortunately, since Doug has been taking the digital camera to work with him, and leaving it in his truck, I have been using my big SLR camera....which is not digital....so all the photos are sitting on film, waiting for me to take the film in for developing. Who does that anymore???? Then comes the challenge of finding the time to scan them into the computer.....ya, I know, I'm complaining.....but until I get my own digital SLR, I'll have to make-do, I guess....
We were talking this morning in BF group about a woman in the states, who was fired from her job because she was taking "unregulated breaks" during the work day. The deal? She was going into the bathroom so she could pump for her little one at home! It's crazy enough that most American mothers only get approximately 6 weeks of maternity leave, but for the company to take issue with her pumping??? Times I am SO glad I live in Canada, where we get a full year off work to look after our infants!! Sarah, I don't know how you did it!
I can't believe I actually need to start thinking about going back to work. Yes, it's another 7 months away yet, but with the very large population of very young families in my new hometown, I need to start getting Connor on some daycare waiting lists pronto. It just scares me a bit - I have to find someone that I will basically be trusting to raise my child...because let's face it, Connor will be spending the majority of his waking hours with this daycare provider. I'm so jealous of the moms I work with, who are so fortunate to have their moms as their daycare providers! Not only are they saving hundreds of $$$ per month, but they know and trust the kind of care their children are receiving. It's something I really don't want to have to think about, but I need to get on the ball here. Staying home would be wonderful, but it's just not practical in our situation.
I guess I'll just have to trust that everything will work out....after all, it has so far, hasn't it?!
A lot has happened since the last time I blogged. Connor will be 5 months old next week (!?!), the summer is already over, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Um, what happened to July?...
My wee boy is not so wee anymore! He got weighed this morning at breastfeeding group, he's 16lbs 9oz! He's also quite long in the body, so he doesn't look too pudgy...however, the muscular development in my arms has never been so evident...he's heavy to carry around, and he has recently decided that he is to be carried around from about 4pm until bedtime at 9! Any wonder I grabbed the sling I saw at Once Upon A Child with hardly a second thought!!
He's absolutely wonderful, though! He's been sleeping through the night since the beginning of July, and while it means he doesn't nap particularly well during the day, the fact that he goes to bed at 9pm and doesn't get up until between 7 and 8am means that not only do we get a full night's sleep, but we even get some time to ourselves in the evenings. (which, of course, is usually taken up with getting the tasks done that didn't get done during the day.....sigh.....)
But who am I to complain???? I've been sleeping uninterrupted for over 2 months now!!!!
Connor is generally a happy, content little fellow; although he does have his moments where he will whine incessantly to the point where I'm about ready to throw him out the window.....lovingly, of course.....but then he'll smile that big, wide grin of his and laugh that rather contagious laugh, and I just fall in love with him all over again!
I need to get some recent photos of him up here. Unfortunately, since Doug has been taking the digital camera to work with him, and leaving it in his truck, I have been using my big SLR camera....which is not digital....so all the photos are sitting on film, waiting for me to take the film in for developing. Who does that anymore???? Then comes the challenge of finding the time to scan them into the computer.....ya, I know, I'm complaining.....but until I get my own digital SLR, I'll have to make-do, I guess....
We were talking this morning in BF group about a woman in the states, who was fired from her job because she was taking "unregulated breaks" during the work day. The deal? She was going into the bathroom so she could pump for her little one at home! It's crazy enough that most American mothers only get approximately 6 weeks of maternity leave, but for the company to take issue with her pumping??? Times I am SO glad I live in Canada, where we get a full year off work to look after our infants!! Sarah, I don't know how you did it!
I can't believe I actually need to start thinking about going back to work. Yes, it's another 7 months away yet, but with the very large population of very young families in my new hometown, I need to start getting Connor on some daycare waiting lists pronto. It just scares me a bit - I have to find someone that I will basically be trusting to raise my child...because let's face it, Connor will be spending the majority of his waking hours with this daycare provider. I'm so jealous of the moms I work with, who are so fortunate to have their moms as their daycare providers! Not only are they saving hundreds of $$$ per month, but they know and trust the kind of care their children are receiving. It's something I really don't want to have to think about, but I need to get on the ball here. Staying home would be wonderful, but it's just not practical in our situation.
I guess I'll just have to trust that everything will work out....after all, it has so far, hasn't it?!
