This is my 4th in 6 years....the *idea* was planned, the timing was not.
PLEASE help me be excited! Sometimes i am. But sometimes I am just down because...
I have just begun to really feel like I'm 'used to' 3. I also have DS signed up for a magnet where I have to do a half day of volunteering mandatory. I have been a full-time at home mom with the exception of finishing out 6 weeks at the end of the school year in 2007 and a little PT work when I was pregnant with DS2.
I was actually really excited about working at his school, meeting some of the other moms and stuff....and now....
I don't know. I don't like leaving a baby. It *is* only 1 day a week for 4 hours. My mom has said she is willing to do some of my time right after the baby comes, and the school is fine with that--they don't care, you need a trained adult in your spot.
I was *really* looking forward to the time out of the house though. And to nursing DS2 longer than I will probably end up doing--DD weaned and didn't *really* want to tandem...we tried it, but ended up quitting--she played more than anything and seemed to really just need the reassurance that she COULD. (This evidenced by the lack of 'fight' and repeated requests to nurse.) The weaning was the best thing for us I think, given the full situation, I don't regret it.
So...help me see that this can all work out just fine in the end!
Oh and I will probably need to pump if/when I go back to being the one doing the time at the school---I have heard there is a new pump you can wear while you work? battery operated? Does it work? I likely will not have any sort of a break but I know I'll need to...and the baby will need the milk as I will not use anything else due to allergies.
thanks
PLEASE help me be excited! Sometimes i am. But sometimes I am just down because...
I have just begun to really feel like I'm 'used to' 3. I also have DS signed up for a magnet where I have to do a half day of volunteering mandatory. I have been a full-time at home mom with the exception of finishing out 6 weeks at the end of the school year in 2007 and a little PT work when I was pregnant with DS2.
I was actually really excited about working at his school, meeting some of the other moms and stuff....and now....
I don't know. I don't like leaving a baby. It *is* only 1 day a week for 4 hours. My mom has said she is willing to do some of my time right after the baby comes, and the school is fine with that--they don't care, you need a trained adult in your spot.
I was *really* looking forward to the time out of the house though. And to nursing DS2 longer than I will probably end up doing--DD weaned and didn't *really* want to tandem...we tried it, but ended up quitting--she played more than anything and seemed to really just need the reassurance that she COULD. (This evidenced by the lack of 'fight' and repeated requests to nurse.) The weaning was the best thing for us I think, given the full situation, I don't regret it.
So...help me see that this can all work out just fine in the end!
Oh and I will probably need to pump if/when I go back to being the one doing the time at the school---I have heard there is a new pump you can wear while you work? battery operated? Does it work? I likely will not have any sort of a break but I know I'll need to...and the baby will need the milk as I will not use anything else due to allergies.
thanks
