Back to Work

This is a big week in our house as I headed back to work.  Declan's childcare schedule is a little wacky; Monday with my dad and stepmom, Tuesday-Thursday at a home daycare and Friday with Mike's parents.  I really think the set up is a good fit for our family and will eventually work really well for everyone but the thought of getting 3 different routines figured out is a little daunting.  It's another one of those situations where I feel like a first time parent all over again.  I also never had pumping and cloth diapers to worry about when I went back to work after Garrett was born.

We did a trial run at my parents last week and I went into work for a few hours.  Getting out of the house took a bit longer than I expected even after I packed my bag, Declan's bag and lunches for the big boys the night before.  I'm a little anxious about being able to pump enough milk for Declan during the day in a reasonable amount of time but everything I'm reading says the key to that is to relax so now I just need to figure out a way not to worry about it....

Tuesday morning was tough dropping him off with someone who wasn't family.  I cried the short drive over to our daycare provider, cried walking to her door and then pulled it together to walk inside.  She quickly asked how I was doing which of course caused me to lose all sense of composure.  But amazing daycare lady is well, amazing.  She is so loving and nurturing that I instantly felt better about dropping him off.  We have known each other for a few years because her girls go to school with Garrett and we volunteered together for the Spring Fair a few years ago. I drop off relatively early so she is still getting her girls breakfast and getting them out to the bus and it really just felt like Declan was part of their lovely little morning which for some reason made me feel really good.  When I pick up in the afternoon she is outside with all of the kids which I just love, love, love.  And I steal him back and love on him for the rest of the evening.  We are surviving and I know it will get easier with time.

Cheering on the O's

Declan is finally (we think) over his case of thrush which moved south for a yeast rash.  Yeast is a real PITA when it comes to cloth diapers but more on the cloth diaper situation (read: addiction) at another time.  Garrett got a great interim report yesterday will mostly all A's and a few B's.  He is starting running club this afternoon which I'm excited that he wanted to try.  We're also having a lot of fun watching baseball in October!