Thursday 1 March 2012
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8:50 PM – It did me the world of good to get away last weekend. So nice to spend time with family, get the Sunday night roast, motorbike riding (my nieces, not me, aged 5 and 7!), and general chaos from having lots of littlies around.
I’ve come back refreshed and have had more energy this week for tackling some little niggly household things which have niggled for weeks. Nothing earth-shattering, heck nothing even very noticeable but it’s been nice to look at things and think “I can do that” rather than “aaaannd that needs doing as well. It’s all too much”
I think the break was good for Zac too. He was very excited to see all his toys again! He also really enjoyed watching all the older children at Lani’s birthday and spending time with his cousins.
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9:30 PM – Zac is pulling himself up with much more ease now. He’ll use whatever is handy, a couch, a toy, my clothes. It’s a good thing that I wear pretty bras because Zac has flashed more than one cyclist during our afternoon grass time! Time to start wearing tops which don’t have such stretchy necklines, although I can’t imagine any summer top being able to withstand Zac’s pull when he decides to use the neckline as standing support.
Friday 2 March 2012
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9:27 AM – I am really enjoying Zac’s nap times. I thought that out of sleeping through the night or having proper day naps, I would prefer him to sleep through the night but now I’m not so sure. He now has two naps a day, 1-2hrs, most often 1.5hrs long and it is a lovely mental recharge for me. I’ve just sat and had my coffee and fruit bun (a habit started last week, and finishing today for the health of my body and wallet!), and read some more of my current book, “The Good Behaviour Book” by Dr William Sears and Martha Sears. The next chapter is on saying no positively; perfect timing as I decided this week to start saying and enforcing “no” for the amp and electrical cords. I’m currently aiming for “no” to be for dangerous things and to use redirection the rest of the time. Like so many aspects of parenting I suspect these ideals will prove less sustainable and almost fanciful once sleep dep and repetition and currently unimagined scenarios have their way with it, but I have to start somewhere, it might as well be at my ideal point!
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1:55 PM – I’m very pulled about returning to work. I’ve yet to feel the “desire for adult conversation” that so many mums talk about. I don’t expect that I will get the sense of “me time” that some mums blissfully talk about. I love my days with Zac and hate to think of missing whole days with him. I get such a strong feeling of being in the right place, doing the right thing with my life at random points during the day.
