This weekend was the un-official start to summer. With that in mind, here are my goals for Summer 2011.
Move
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Read 8 books
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Work 3 car seat check-ups
A trip or two to the beach!
Move Brooke to a Big Girl Bed!
Have you made any goals for the summer? Share them in the comments or if you’re a blogger, head over to Work Wife Mom…Life! and link up your summer bucket list!
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So, you’ve had some time at home with the new baby. But unfortunately, in the US mothers don’t get much time to bond with baby before its time to get back to work. Below are my tips to make it a little easier to make that transition.
If possible, do a dry run. Take the kiddo to daycare once or twice before you actually have to go back. Hopefully by the time you really do have to go back, you’ve reduced the intensity of sobbing and can actually hold an intelligent conversation. *wink, wink*
Get as much done at night as you can. The new morning routine will probably be pretty hectic so the best thing you can do is leave as little for morning as possible. Pack up bottles, pumps, your lunch, Baby’s daycare bag, etc., pick out everyone’s clothes, set out breakfast items…anything that can be done a night-do it! (I really should still be taking this advice!)
If you’ll be pumping, have an idea of what your pumping schedule will be and triple-check that you have all your parts. Maybe even buy a couple extra set or two to have at work just in case. My first day back I hadn’t gotten in touch with the lady who had the key to the Mommy Room so I ended up almost literally bursting and had to resort to using a conference room (with windows-eek!) when I finally couldn’t wait anymore.
Don’t feel bad calling to check on little one a couple times while you’re still getting used to it. Your daycare provider has seen lots of moms say good-bye to their little munchkins for the first time. They will be more than happy to assure you that everything is fine and make sure you feel comfortable with Baby in her care.
Enlist Daddy to be your housework helper for awhile. I know that when I was having a hard time with leaving Brooke at school, it helped me immensely that Keith did the bulk of the housework so I could spend time nursing & cuddling before it was time to put Brooke to bed.
Know that it will get better. Before you know it, your kiddo will run off before you can even say good-bye.
Mommies who have been there, done that – any other advice you’d like to share?
This post is linked to Working Mommy Wednesday.
…when you can keep putting it off…
When I saw this prompt for Working Mommy Wednesday, I was actually brave enough to ask Keith for his input and he was brave enough to give me an honest answer. Silly man!!
I procrastnate. So much so that its 10:24pm Wednesday night and I’m writing my post for Working Mommy Wednesday.
And you know what happens when you wait until the last minute? You end up with blog posts like this.
