Well, I'm just beginning my 3rd day back at work. So far the worst part was the anticipation of going back. Sunday night I was really having a hard time with the idea of leaving Kaia all day, especially since I've rarely been away from her. But Monday went really well. I think it helped a lot knowing that she was in good hands. Josh is staying home with her for now until our lease is up in December. He's watching her during the day and doing some legal work at night and on Fridays. He never thought he'd be "Mr. Mom", but he is so great with her and will do a fantastic job during this temporary arrangement! I am so blessed to be married to such a great husband and father!
Aside from leaving Kaia, I'd say the hardest part has been how the change is affecting her sleeping habits. For the past week she'd been in a routine, sleeping about 8 hours. But the past couple nights she's gone back to only sleeping about 3 hours at a time. Needless to say, we hope she gets used to a new schedule soon and goes back to sleeping longer! The other difficult part for me after being home with her for 6 1/2 weeks has been fighting the urge to refer to myself as "mommy" in conversations! I think my co-workers would look at me rather strangely if I said "Mommy is ready to go to lunch now!"
This past Friday Kaia had her first babysitting experience. Josh's cousin Sarah and her family watched Kaia so we could have our first date night! We went out to dinner and ran a few errands. It was so strange for me to be able to sit in the front passenger seat of the car! Whenever we go anywhere I am always sitting in the back with Kaia! It was really nice to get out just by ourselves, although we kept mentioning how strange it was not to have her with us. We were nervous about how she'd do, but she was great and they did a fantastic job watching her!
I'm sorry it's been such a long time since our last post! Time just seems to get away from me! But we'll try to give at least weekly updates as to how we're doing!
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