Musings of a modern working mom of three
Day 7:
Tummy bug with #1, and so we let the middle stay home to enjoy “family” leave since the Husband is also still off. Movies, snuggles and lounging around in PJs. Doesn’t get much better than this, despite the circumstances.
Positive Thought of the Day: We have raised a home that is full of love, even though sometimes it’s hard to remember that when I get upset about messes and really insignificant things. Will try my best to remember to lead with love.
Maternity Leave Day 2:
Saw cousin’s newborn shoot for their third child. Did not even contemplate it for #3 boy child. Ensue panic about not wanting boy baby to have issues as an adult. Baby 1 and 2- had newborn shoot and outfits scheduled for months. Decided HAD to have newborn photo shoot and contacted a photographer and set one up for later this week. Thanks to Courtney Prinzo for fitting us in completely last minute.
Feel like I’m creating projects to replace work and fight boredom. Feel guilty because I should be savoring every newborn moment.. but one can only watch him sleep for so long. Commence googling cute newborn boy photo ideas.
Positive Thought of the Day: The girls are doing so well at adjusting to life with baby. There have been ZERO jealousy issues with the baby, which is surprising- just a lot of love. My 90+ year old grandma came to visit today. She is now enjoying her 7th great-grandchild, how awesome is that!
Maternity Leave: Day 1
Decided I wanted to document how I am spending my 60 days of maternity leave because I want to be intentional about how I am spending my (last) leave ever. As a very ambitious working mom, I rarely have a moment to go to the restroom, do my hair, or sometimes even eat so reflecting on life and taking some time for me is an intention I set at the start of this leave. I am not sure yet if this will even get off the ground or what shape it will take, so bear with me on this whim. I am however the planner and creator of to do lists and dogged pursuer of checking things off said list so I have ambitious hopes of perhaps creating a blog- but that would take more ambition than I have on Day 1 ( still heavily medicated post-C section) can handle. So we’ll start with the intention to document and journal each day of my leave. [Edit: on Day 14 I got my blog up and running] and am now back posting the first two weeks that I wrote in word and late nights in Notes on my phone].
Reflections: Newborns are precious, but at this state a little bit boring. Baby is a healthy boy, and he is hungry. Since I’m breastfeeding this means I spend a lot of time just sitting, staring, and thinking and then came up with this idea to start the blog. But it also means I have been playing around on my phone a lot and sigh, been checking my work email despite a promise to myself not to. I did exhibit restraint on replying to emails because of my drug induced state. Technology today makes it too easy to stay connected. I planned to recharge during this maternity leave and disconnect but we will see. During my last two maternity leaves, I turned off my email on my phone but I have not reached that point yet. Perhaps, because I’ve reached a point in my career where my role is much more significant.. am finding it hard to completely turn off.
Positive Thought(s) of the Day: A positive outlook has always been important to me, so I plan to close every post with a positive thought of the day, no matter how small. Today I am enjoying the comforts of home and being cared for- the house is clean, the girls are entertained, and dinner is cooked. I am beyond lucky to have family close and far willing to chip in. I’m also enjoying being on paid leave for the next 12 weeks ( a policy that just went into effect THIS year at work), something less than 15% of women in the private sector don’t have the benefit of in the United States. I’m also very thankful that even though Hubs works for a small company, he is afforded 2 weeks of paternal leave to help out while I recover.
See below for the little face that was my muse in starting this blog:
