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Ha ha ha ha ha ha. You know that thing they say about it taking a village to raise a child? Well I've spent a year saying "Where is this village?!" (Tip to anyone considering procreating: Find your village first!)
Now that my husband is back to work full time (I am so grateful to the last six months of part-time and parental benefits!), and a village still hasn't materialized around us, I feel I have three options:
A) Compromise my parenting.
B) Hire a village (ie. daycare).
C) Go insane.
I choose C. . . wait, no, I mean B!
All the aspects of myself that have been lying dormant as I struggle to meet my bursting-with-life son's abundance of needs are calling to be let out and set free! They want me to smile more! I'm bursting with life too! I want to make music again! I want to make blog posts every week! I want to do freelance writing and editing! I want to sew! I want to make things! I want to bake bread!
See? bursting!
Coming soon: More posts, when I find a daycare!
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Good luck with daycare. It's a terribly stressful time...but you will make it though. K loves 'school' now that we're all adjusted!
ReplyDeleteWell said Erin! I am feeling very similar feelings as well. Saylor is approaching his first birthday as well. I am choosing to not return to work but am also missing myself pre baby. Its so difficult finding time for myself. Good luck in your search for day care.
ReplyDeleteI swap days with another Mom. I take her 2 year old daughter for two days and she takes Alex for two days. I absolutely love it, plus there's no cost for day care and I like that Alex gets a play date plus that one on one attention that could be strained at a day care. In June, I'm moving down to 3 days a week, so I'll also have Alex to myself for one day, which is what I want. For me, the adjustment was tough, but it got better because I knew he was with a parent who shared similar parenting styles as me. Good luck with everything!
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