I miss blogging!
I've missed it for about two and a half months now! I find that, being a parent, I now have a running commentary going on in my head at all times...perfect for blogging. But I also find that, being a parent, my spare time is no longer spent in front of a computer, nonetheless trying to make sense of the anarchy that happens in my mind!
And so I miss blogging!
Hudson just turned three months old and he is, by far, the love of our lives. A friend once told us that having children was like living in colour and she couldn't have been more right. I honestly don't think that I've ever laughed more in my entire life than I have over the course of the last month...even on the days that I've also been in tears by 8am (which has happened more than once!)! I mean really, when was the last time you got excited about the fact that your ears are actually attached to your head?!?!
I've noticed over the course of the last few months that my own needs have become as basic as my child's; eating, sleeping, a change of clothes every now and then, a little love and affection. My own desires during any given twenty-four hour period have become pretty similar! And all the while, it seems to work! Children are so wise!!!
I feel like I celebrated a small victory last week because Steve started his four month parental leave which means, in a nutshell, that I survived the first three months flying solo with my little man during the day! It's hard to say whether or not my first three months as a parent has been a success but, at the end of the day, I think that our son is happy and healthy. And as for me, I've learned more in the first ninety days of his life than I have at any other time in my own. No doubt, it's been challenging, but I think we did alright! We had an ongoing mommy date every Wednesday morning; we got through five seasons of Gilmore Girls (especially through the "I-refuse-to-sleep-anywhere-but-in-mommy's-arms-phase"!!); we learned how to put peanut butter on a bagel with one hand; and we walked. A lot. In fact, we walked so much that I walked myself right back into my pre-Hudson pants in ten weeks! Thank you baby boy!
The one thing that I have failed miserably at though, is establishing a routine for myself. I've done my best to create one for Hudson but in turn, as a result of dropping everything for his immediate needs, I haven't managed to do the same for mommy dearest! Hopefully this will change in the coming months as Steve and I finally get the chance to take co-parenting by storm!!
Having said all this though, I have managed to keep up one thing regardless of the day that we've had; reading. I've kept my books nearby at all times and new parent or not, I've read! Maybe not for very long or very much, but I've read. And it has helped. It's helped to give me stability and a sense of balance during this time in our lives that has more or less been turned inside out. So I may not have eaten as much as I should in the last three months but I have received my recommended daily requirement of non-fiction!
Between that, my husband and my son...I've got all the nutrients I need!!
(But I promise to work on getting a bit more calcium!!)
I've missed it for about two and a half months now! I find that, being a parent, I now have a running commentary going on in my head at all times...perfect for blogging. But I also find that, being a parent, my spare time is no longer spent in front of a computer, nonetheless trying to make sense of the anarchy that happens in my mind!
And so I miss blogging!
Hudson just turned three months old and he is, by far, the love of our lives. A friend once told us that having children was like living in colour and she couldn't have been more right. I honestly don't think that I've ever laughed more in my entire life than I have over the course of the last month...even on the days that I've also been in tears by 8am (which has happened more than once!)! I mean really, when was the last time you got excited about the fact that your ears are actually attached to your head?!?!
I've noticed over the course of the last few months that my own needs have become as basic as my child's; eating, sleeping, a change of clothes every now and then, a little love and affection. My own desires during any given twenty-four hour period have become pretty similar! And all the while, it seems to work! Children are so wise!!!
I feel like I celebrated a small victory last week because Steve started his four month parental leave which means, in a nutshell, that I survived the first three months flying solo with my little man during the day! It's hard to say whether or not my first three months as a parent has been a success but, at the end of the day, I think that our son is happy and healthy. And as for me, I've learned more in the first ninety days of his life than I have at any other time in my own. No doubt, it's been challenging, but I think we did alright! We had an ongoing mommy date every Wednesday morning; we got through five seasons of Gilmore Girls (especially through the "I-refuse-to-sleep-anywhere-but-in-mommy's-arms-phase"!!); we learned how to put peanut butter on a bagel with one hand; and we walked. A lot. In fact, we walked so much that I walked myself right back into my pre-Hudson pants in ten weeks! Thank you baby boy!
The one thing that I have failed miserably at though, is establishing a routine for myself. I've done my best to create one for Hudson but in turn, as a result of dropping everything for his immediate needs, I haven't managed to do the same for mommy dearest! Hopefully this will change in the coming months as Steve and I finally get the chance to take co-parenting by storm!!
Having said all this though, I have managed to keep up one thing regardless of the day that we've had; reading. I've kept my books nearby at all times and new parent or not, I've read! Maybe not for very long or very much, but I've read. And it has helped. It's helped to give me stability and a sense of balance during this time in our lives that has more or less been turned inside out. So I may not have eaten as much as I should in the last three months but I have received my recommended daily requirement of non-fiction!
Between that, my husband and my son...I've got all the nutrients I need!!
(But I promise to work on getting a bit more calcium!!)
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