We had a nice day yesterday,
James was up early and I drove him to daycare. Once there I gave the teachers
his schedule. They said that they will try their best to follow it because it
is the opposite of their schedule. For example at 2:30 James is ready for a
second nap, but it's snack time for the other children. In any case I dropped
off my food, etc and headed home. I did some planning for James' birthday and
went to visit a bakery about James' birthday cake. I discussed the cake
with the owner and we agreed upon a price. Since I've never tasted their cakes
before I decided to purchase a few cupcakes for Adit & I to try. I got the
mango, vanilla, chocolate, and raspberry ones. They were all very yummy!
Afterwards, I headed home to see
how James was doing. He was fine. I saw him playing and earlier Adit saw him
having his lunch. However I missed James, so I started reminiscing about the
fun summer we had and all the new friends we made. Then I kept thinking about
how fast he's growing up. Since I was already on the laptop, I pulled up some
of his pictures. I couldn't help but smile looking at them and my heart was
full of love for him. I really miss him and wish he was home with me, but I
know he needs to get used to daycare so I can't be selfish and do that.
Adit made a beef roast for dinner
last night and I prepared all the sides which took a long time. After my prep
work I went to get James. We were home by 5:00 since I decided to nurse him
before leaving since he didn't drink any milk. :( They said that he was so
stubborn that at one point he didn't even open his mouth. I'm not surprised
because he's thinking that he'll just wait for me to nurse him but he doesn't
realize that I won't be there for a long time. It's also partially my fault
since I haven't been bottle feeding him on the weekends either. I'll have to
start this weekend. I've been good at pumping milk while I'm home so I should
have enough supply in case I don't want to pump over the weekend.
What's sad is that James goes to
bed between 7:00 and 8:00 so when you think about it we only get a few hours
with him before he sleeps. So I told Adit that we need to make these hours
count and make sure he gets all our attention. So we've been taking him for
walks around the building since he enjoys using his walker. Here are some
pictures from that adventure!
Also please share what your after
work routine is with your child by leaving a comment on the blog!
Happy reading!
Rachel
My husband barely gets 45 minutes with the lambchop before she has to get to bed, and that's if he's home on time. I'll be going back to work next week, but at least I'm on reduced hours, so maybe I'll get 1.5 hours with her before she goes to bed... that's depressing. Please share any ideas you have on how to optimize this time!!
ReplyDeleteHi there! So I've adjusted my hours again after being back at work now for almost 3 weeks. I get about 2.5 hours with her before she goes to bed, and Abhay gets maybe 30-40 minutes with her before she goes down for the night. I have noticed that Sameera is less clingy if I just devote all my time to her as I get home from work. So no cell phone, no tv, and no computer when we are with her after work. It's all about quality time. We make sure to give her that one-on-one attention, which I think is very important seeing as she now doesn't have the luxury of one parent to herself all day. Weekends are so valued now as well. I'm trying to enroll her in classes that we can do together now (i.e. Gymboree and swimming). Hope that helps!
ReplyDeleteMala, I love what you've said here and how you devote all your time to Samu! I think this is the perfect way to spend quality time with the little one! We have been doing the same after work, but I will take your advice and enroll James in some classes on the weekend!
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