What I don't blog about, Post #2
Sorry, eliper ! I didn't forget about your question, it's just been a matter of time to answer it!
Where do you find your energy???!!
Hahah, this is a great one. I really don't have tons of energy, I am pretty tired all the time. Somehow I manage to push through the exhaustion and get everything that needs to be done every day finished. I've become much more efficient since having Ben and am really good about multi-tasking. Especially with things that take a little while, like laundry and dishes, I find if I have two hands I'll start a load of laundry and while the bin is filling I can get started with something else. It's become a lot easier now that I can set Ben down in the room I'm in and he'll amuse himself for a little while. It doesn't always work and sometimes I just have to hold the baby, but we're managing!
I actually am way too anal-retentive about chores and to-do lists at home. Really, it's not a big deal if some things slide for a day or two but somehow it becomes a matter of LIFE OR DEATH over the dishes getting done at night. I should take a chill pill and go to bed early once in a while.
Do you ever wish you could slow down and be a stay at home Mum for a while, or is that the last thing you would want to do?
I am really fortunate in that I am able to do both career mom and stay at home mom right now. I worked out a deal with my mentors that I stay home with Ben on Mondays and we run our weekly errands and schedule all our doctor's appointments that day (which is not really slowing down, just getting to do more things with Ben). It gives me an extra day at home with him (because the weekends aren't long enough) and but it also allows me to go into work and finish my graduate studies. I'm not sure that I'm suited for full-time staying at home because some days I do go a little stir-crazy. I'm sure that if I stayed at home full-time I'd find lots of mommy groups or story times at the library to fill in our days and to have some outside activities.
I think, in my perfect world, I would like to be able to have stayed at home with Ben for his entire first year, as both Jake and I feel that this time is SUPER important in his overall development. I could have taken a year's leave of absence from school but would have lost my stipend and at the moment we need that to stay financially afloat each month. Maybe with the next baby, though!
Where do you find your energy???!!
Hahah, this is a great one. I really don't have tons of energy, I am pretty tired all the time. Somehow I manage to push through the exhaustion and get everything that needs to be done every day finished. I've become much more efficient since having Ben and am really good about multi-tasking. Especially with things that take a little while, like laundry and dishes, I find if I have two hands I'll start a load of laundry and while the bin is filling I can get started with something else. It's become a lot easier now that I can set Ben down in the room I'm in and he'll amuse himself for a little while. It doesn't always work and sometimes I just have to hold the baby, but we're managing!
I actually am way too anal-retentive about chores and to-do lists at home. Really, it's not a big deal if some things slide for a day or two but somehow it becomes a matter of LIFE OR DEATH over the dishes getting done at night. I should take a chill pill and go to bed early once in a while.
Do you ever wish you could slow down and be a stay at home Mum for a while, or is that the last thing you would want to do?
I am really fortunate in that I am able to do both career mom and stay at home mom right now. I worked out a deal with my mentors that I stay home with Ben on Mondays and we run our weekly errands and schedule all our doctor's appointments that day (which is not really slowing down, just getting to do more things with Ben). It gives me an extra day at home with him (because the weekends aren't long enough) and but it also allows me to go into work and finish my graduate studies. I'm not sure that I'm suited for full-time staying at home because some days I do go a little stir-crazy. I'm sure that if I stayed at home full-time I'd find lots of mommy groups or story times at the library to fill in our days and to have some outside activities.
I think, in my perfect world, I would like to be able to have stayed at home with Ben for his entire first year, as both Jake and I feel that this time is SUPER important in his overall development. I could have taken a year's leave of absence from school but would have lost my stipend and at the moment we need that to stay financially afloat each month. Maybe with the next baby, though!