My morning routine is a tad more complex since becoming a mom and revolves around my fifteen-month-old boss. Some mornings he is up and wired before I am, which is never fun as I require coffee to be coherent. I change the wettest diaper in the world while wrestling a morning bear, get him breakfast-which is launched across the kitchen or spit out, depending on his mood and if he’s observing Because I Can Day, and then get him dressed. I dress him at various times during the morning routine as I have learned the minute I put him in an outfit, he will have a massive explosion in his diaper so I have to wait that out to …
When the director of my program allowed me to bring Sayle to work with me, I was ecstatic. I was given the opportunity to have the best of both worlds; I could keep my baby close and maintain my career. It was the perfect setup…well, for the first eleven months.
Here is Sayle hard at work with mommy
I eventually needed to get back out in the community and attend meetings, which was difficult with a five month old. He was fine when he was younger, he just sat there looking around or slept, but he had started …
Aha, did my title trick you into thinking this was a post about Isaac learning to balance or walk or at least crawl?
Fooled you…this is not the case at all. This post, in fact, is about me attempting, with a HUGE emphasis on the word attempting, to find some sort of balance between work and home.
I NEED HELP! Please?
Lord give me strength!
I am so frustrated that this is difficult for me, as I really didn’t think going back to work would be this big of a deal. I am used to getting over any obstacle that I set my mind to, so this feeling of …
I honestly feel that I am not doing anything well, I’m simply doing the best I can to continue a balancing act between work, home, family, and Sayle. My house has not been organized since my nesting phase before Sayle was born, my closet is a disaster area, and I have a to-do list a mile long. The big things get done and sometimes the little things fall through the cracks.
Me taking care of "just one thing"
My husband said something to me the other day that almost made me permanently maim him. Thankfully for him, he said it to me on the …
I am exceptionally lucky to work for a company that is family based and to have a supervisor who allowed me the privilege of bringing Sayle with me to work. I returned to the office after taking one month of maternity leave, but the transition back to the office was easy since I didn’t have the anxiety of putting Sayle in daycare early. I am also fortunate to have co-workers who were eagerly awaiting his arrival my entire pregnancy. They love Sayle and jumped at the chance to hold, feed, play, and rock him. They have served as a valuable support for me and I doubt I would have been able to return to work easily without them. …
