Daddy Back to Work

The dreaded times has come and we are starting back to work, thankfully I have a couple extra weeks but Freddy returned to work this week. It worked out pretty well this week because Freddy was night flying so he was still her to help me in the mornings.

Due to everything Nora has been through we really have not been able to get schedule going. So that has been my focus this week, trying to build a routine. We have had her sleeping in the bassinet since it was angled it was the best place for her when her shunt was leaking. They said keeping her at an angle will help keep the fluid down. Now that the shunt seems to be working correctly and not leaking we started to introduce her to the crib.

The first night did not go well at all. I was reading about transition to the crib and everything I found said that starting with naps is the best way to get the baby use to it before trying it at night time. So that what a did. The next day she slept for about 30 minutes in the crib after about an hour of trying to get her to sleep. The good news is the day after that she sleep for an hour and 30 minutes in the crib and will now lay down in the pack n play for naps as well with little issues. So we are making progress. Hard to try to create habit or routine given the past 10 weeks we have had.

I had a few visitors this week as well so that helped make the days a little better. As much as I would LOVE to be a stay at home mom I am not sure I could so it everyday. I would have to be involved with something, hard just sitting at home all day but worth every second being with my baby. I will say my house had never been cleaner...haha.

I can honestly say though I am totally not ready to go back to work, so thankful for one more week...oh my I only have one for week, I could cry just thinking about it. I can not believe how quickly the time has gone by, guess the hospital visits and millions of doctors appointments did help that at all.

For those of you that have kids, give them an extra kiss tonight and be thankful for every moment you have with them.