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By Janice | April 21, 2008
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Popping My Head Into The Blogosphere
It seems that lately I’ve been popping my head into the blogosphere briefly to give you updates and snippets of my life. For thoseof you waiting around for them it must seem like waiting to see the Lochness monster or the Ogopogo of Lake Okanagan to emerge – for my posts have been as irregular as sightings of these two monsters. But alas – wait no more! I’m back at work now which means that for an hour/day I have time to myself. Time to do what I enjoy most… time to write! I may not be a great writer, I enjoy it and do it for myself.
Now before I dive right back into posting random thoughts, I better get y’all caught up on life as I know it for your reference:
Daycare – Brooke is adjusting. Today she didn’t even cry at drop-off but still needed to be distracted to prevent the crying. Soon enough she’ll be happy to see her friends and I’ll be able to place her amongst her toys and baby-friends without any tears. This makes me uber sad, yet happy at the same time – why is motherhood such an emotional roller coaster? Why didn’t anyone warn me about this?
Nursing – Brooke still has no interest in weaning. She’ll drink 4-5 oz throughout the day @ daycare, but will have nothing to do with the cup at home. After a weekend full of nursing my boobs are overflowing and hurt. After watching my friends successfully balance nursing and work, I felt guilty for leading the weaning with Sierra and had hoped to nurse Brooke longer. Looks like I may be successful in that department, even if I’m unsure if that’s what I want. Because Brooke drinks very little throughout the day, her appetite is amazing! She eats everything! I find myself wondering if I should be worried about how little she drinks? I’ll have to ask her Dr. at her 1 yr appointment next week.
Sierra Beara – After a short adjustment period where she regressed to acting like a baby for attention, she’s back to being the lively, entertaining 3 yr old we know and love. She loves “school” and can actually be quite helpful in getting Brooke ready too. Today she sat by Brooke’s head and entertained her while I changed Brooke. I think being apart from each other all day has been a good thing and gives the girls new appreciation of each other. I often catch them playing quietly together, something that rarely happened before I headed back to work. Sierra also has been very cooperative with going to bed. One night she voluntarily turned the TV off after “Dive Olly Dive” and announced that it was time for her to go to bed. Hubby and I looked at each other with the “Who-on-earth-is-this-child-and-what-did-they-do-with-Sierra?” look.
Daddy Rob – Has been a great help lately with easing my transition back to work. He’s been opting to stay and help with getting the kiddos dressed before work. This even allowed me to wake up slowly today while I cuddled in bed with the dog. Love, love, love!
And me? I’m exhausted. But not from work, from softball. Last week I played two 9pm games (Mon & Tues) and it took me until Sun to recover, then Monday night I played another 9 pm game. Next week my game is at 7pm, while sleep-wise this is good for me, it means that Daddy Rob will have to do baths and put 2 kids to bed on his own.
My Family – my dad had ankle fusion surgery on Friday. I’ll spare ya the details of what the surgery entails ‘cause even with a background in anatomy and kinesiology it grossed and scared the bejeezus outta me. Lets just say it’s painful and will require a long road of rest, and physio to recover. In the end it’ll be worth it ‘cause he’ll be able to run and play with his grandkids once again. My hubby and I can’t wait to play a round of golf with him next summer while the kiddos wear my mom out. My dad is recovering well. I get my extremely high pain tolerance from him, yet he rated the pain a 12.5 on a scale of 1-10 after the surgery. He now rates it a 2. Oh yeah! Today is my parents 36th wedding anniversary, so go on to my mom’s blog and wish them well!
So there ya go – you’re all updated now and I can resume my regular blogging (I hope!).
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By Janice | July 18, 2008
Topics: Breastfeeding, Family Life, Office Politics | 4 Comments »
I Actually Wrote This Post A Week Ago….
Turning Another Year Older Is The Perfect End To A Horrible Week
Truthfully, this post title pretty much says it all. Today is my birthday (yay?) and this week has been absolutely horrible! If you’ve been following along my very erratic blogging and twittering, you know that my one-year maternity leave ended on Monday. Yes - I returned to work and yes - Brooke and Sierra started full-time daycare. Do they like it? Nope, not one bit! Brooke pretty much screams all day at daycare (except for when she’s napping, which she does alot there because screaming all day tires her out). And Sierra? According to her "teachers" she’s "overly emotional" to put it mildly. At home the kiddos are super duper clingy. Brooke has major separation anxiety, crying every time I leave the room, and preferring to be carried everywhere. Her sleeping at night is pretty much non-existent. She’ll fall asleep easily while being rocked, but will wake up the instant her body touches the mattress when I attempt to place her in her crib. Last night Rob slept with her on his chest in his La-Z-Boy. Sierra’s behaviour lately is more in-line with how she was as a two-year old, and she frequently pretends to be a baby for attention, calling her milk "milkies", laying on the floor crying "waaa, waaa" and calling Rob "Da Da". And me? I’m exhausted! Physically, mentally and emotionally!
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By Janice | July 17, 2008
Topics: Office Politics | 6 Comments »
An Update of Sorts
I’ve been a horrible blogger lately haven’t I? I’ve started off on topics and never provided an update… Things like: weaning, Brooke’s first day of daycare, my trip to Ottawa etc…. So here’s where I update you on my life - sorry for the point form:
- Daycare - Brooke’s 1st day went well. She cried alot, but she ate well, and drank 2oz of Homo milk from a sippy cup 3 times through the day, and 2 oz of juice.
- I haven’t been able to replicate what she did at daycare.
- Weaning - not going well, Brooke only wants to nurse at home.
- Not sure if I’m upset about the lack of weaning or not.
- Why did I need to send her to daycare? I still can’t say - still waiting for news about that.
- Took advantage of the child-free day - bought 4 outfits (keeping all the tips I’ve gained from watching far too much of "What Not To Wear" in mind - even bought red shoes and a matching red purse).
- Also got my hair done - hi-lights and low-lights, and a fresh new cut - added some layers to my bob. I kind of look like a Blonde Rhianna now:
- Today is my last weekday of my mternity leave - I’m taking the kiddos to Wasaga Beach with a few friends and their young-uns for a day of sun, sand and fun.
That’s about it - gotta go now and feed the kiddos breakfast, pack up my gas guzzling SUV (thinking about replacing it with aDiesel 2009 VW Jetta TDI), and head of to the beach.
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By Janice | July 4, 2008
Topics: Office Politics, Stay-At-Home Mommy | 6 Comments »
I’m Sorry Little Brookie
I’m saying this ahead of time ’cause I know that my wee little daughter is about to have the worst day of her wee little life tomorrow. You see I have something important to do tomorrow afternoon before I go back to work (I won’t tell you what it is just yet - that’s for another post later this week). Hubby was supposed to take the afternoon off of work to spend with our youngest off-spring while our preschooler is at daycare, but alas, a very important meeting got scheduled and he can’t take the afternoon off. Stuck with no childcare for Brooke, I approached her future daycare to see if she could go there for 2 hours in the afternoon. They said sure, there’s space, but there’s a catch, we don’t do 1/2 days, she has to come the full day. A FULL day? You mean ALL day? ALL day away from mommy? Oh boy!
You see almost 1 yr old Brooke is still nursing. AND she and I have NEVER spent a day apart. Her separation anxiety from me lately has hit new levels, so there’s no way, no effing way that tomorrow is going to go well for Brooke. I’ve tried weaning her, offering sippy cups all day, distracting her, putting her down for naps by only rocking her, offering her more food etc… But Brooke? She has no interest in weaning. And me? I have no interest in completely weaning for a while as well. I totally don’t mind nursing before and after work and through the night. However - we haven’t quite gotten that far yet, so I know Brooke is going to spend the majority of tomorrow sad and crying.
You know what? It breaks my heart to know that I will be inflicting that much sadness on my little girl. Every time I close my eyes I picture her sad and crying with snot running out of her nose and tears streaming down her tiny face. My stomach is in a knot just thinking about tomorrow. So I’ll say it now - I’m sorry Brookie, Mommy doesn’t mean to make you sad. You’ll slowly learn to love and trust your caregivers at daycare, you’ll slowly learn to like your sippy cup, and you’ll slowly learn to enjoy playing with your new friends and toys at daycare. I wish I could be there with you tomorrow and from Monday onwards too - but I can’t. It’s time for me to go back to work. I’m sorry little Brookie, mommy loves you, please remember that.
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By Janice | July 1, 2008
Topics: Breastfeeding, Family Life, Office Politics, Stay-At-Home Mommy | 5 Comments »
And She’s Baaaaack!
Sorry about the disappearing act… I just came back from 9 days at my in-laws place in Ottawa. I just didn’t like the idea of a post that basically says: "Hey! My house is empty, so why don’t you stop by and steal all my stuff!", so I just kind of disappeared. I honestly don’t feel comfortable posting on the internet that I’ve headed off for "vacation" - sorry folks.
Honey had yet another business trip to Ireland, so I thought I’d take advantage of my 2nd last week of Maternity Leave (sniff, sniff), and bring the kids up to Ottawa to spend a week with their paternal grandparents for 9 fun-filled days. I must be a sucker for punishment ’cause I took the kids by train…. At 7 am, Fri June 20th, I loaded the kids in the car, drove to Toronto’s Union Station (an hour drive), then boarded a 5.5 hr train ride to our Nation’s capital (Ottawa). Now that doesn’t sound so bad, except when you consider my kids are 3 and 11 months old, and I was by myself. The 3 yr old was so excited that she didn’t sleep on the train, and the 11 month old slept for a whopping 26 min 12 sec. Lets just say that not only was I very happy to get off the train in Ottawa, but so was the rest of the train… ’nuff said!
Anyways - the trip went well. Sierra slept well, ate well and played hard with her 3 cousins (aged 9,7 and 6). Brooke ate well, but slept horribly! SO horribly that my MIL and I attempted to put her on a sleep/nap schedule… And guess what? It freaking worked! Right now she’s 90 min into an afternoon nap, and last night she only woke up once! Yippeee! One wake up/night is a-ok for me, I can handle that after waking up 3-4 times a night since last July. Last night I was up 1/2 the night waiting, just waiting for her to wake up - LOL! We’ll see how long this new sleep routine lasts, I may have spoken too soon, and tomorrow she’ll return to her old bad habits.
Anyways, I’ll have to write more about the trip in another post ’cause I have a lot of housework to do while the baby is napping in preparation for my return to work next week (sniff, sniff), but for now I’d like to leave you with a picture of quite possibly the cutest baby ever:
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By Janice | June 30, 2008
Topics: General | 8 Comments »
Somewhat Wordless Wednesday: Why Daddy Rob Rocks
2.5 weeks ago Daddy Rob spent 15 hours in (34 C heat) putting together a swing set for Sierra and Brooke’s birthday. This is the finished product:
The girls are on the young end for it, but we’re sure they’ll be able to enjoy it for many, many years to come.
(PS - don’t you just love our private yard?).
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By Janice | June 24, 2008
Topics: Memes | 5 Comments »
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