So today was day two of being back to work. Yesterday I was beat tired as getting up at 6am after two night feeds was tiring and then working all day plus the commute and pumping milk four times in a day was more than I have done in a long time! But I loved it!
I love my baby but I've never been good at staying at home (hence Julianne being on five round trip flights in her 8 months). I am a workaholic who now has to find that work life balance and quality of life human resource staff and unions are always talking about.
Today was another great day and even though Julianne woke up at 4 am happy playing in her crib until 445 and then wanting to stay up until 645 am meaning I was up pretty much since 4 am I am still buzzing from the high of working today and how happy I am to be at an office that support work life balance and the style of worker that I am :)
That being said I love and embrace my morning snuggles and feeds with Julianne and even snuck over to feed and cuddle her at lunch time. Tonight we had a fun time at dinner dancing and playing with avacado. She fought going to sleep but her rosy cheeks and extra snuggles might be those bottom teeth finally coming in (she won't even let us see her gums without a serious fight these days as she is mighty protective of them!)
Tomorrow is bath night which her and I love! She gets pretty wired up from baths so it'll be a right after dinner event for us but since daddy will be at the jets playoff game it'll be mommy and baby girls night to enjoy each other's company and extra cuddles mid week!
Thankfully her care provider is only looking after Julianne during the day while her girls are at school so Julianne gets lots of cuddles. Today she even introduced Julianne to my lentils I made for her and she liked them!