We have survived our first week of the new "mom-is-back-to-work" shedule and it has been a bit of an adjustment for sure. The first couple of nights of work were hard as I'm usually no good past 9pm, but by about the third night my body was slowly waking up to the fact that from now on I'll be riding the midnight party train five nights a week. Ian has taken on his new "Mr Mom" responsibilities with gusto and is doing an amazing job - plus the two boys get some good bonding time.
Monday was Liam's first day at daycare - when we arrived Emily had put out a fuzzy blanket surrounded by fish shaped pillows and all sorts of stimulating toys for him, he barely knew I had even gone. Apparently he was good as gold and did not so much as make a peep. Wish he'd do that for me at home! Felt weird to be at the "drop-my-kid-at-daycare-and-off-to-work-I-go" stage after 8 months of being home. Made me feel all grown up. Ian fetched him after work and he promptly passed out on the bus and all the way home. Tuesday was the same thing - fuzzy blanket with a new set of toys to play with and no fuss at all - it's great for him to have the interaction with his buddy Easton (Emily's son who is 18 months old) who plays with him & seems to quite like him. Emily took some pics for us of the boys to keep - definitely going in the baby book!
Wednesday I was definitely tuckered out myself - not quite used to working a full week yet. I'm sure it will take a few more weeks before I get used to more work and less sleep. It feels good to be back though and having some adult interaction - the girls at work are great and we chat about our kids lots so I feel totally at home. Even though I have less time during the day to get things done I feel like I have more purpose than just being a mom and it makes me feel happier. Too busy to have meltdowns now!
Thursday was Liam's 9 month checkup at the doc - he now weighs 18.1 pounds and is 29 3/4 inches long. So very lean and very tall in a nutshell and super healthy. He eats like a horse and has started having an afternoon Mum Mum snack in addition to his regular meals. This week's menu included halibut and next week is salmon. Ian has been feeding more chunky type meals which have been very successful with minimal gagging. He watches us eat intently and smacks his lips - eventually we give in and feed him tidbits from our plates - rather like feeding a hungry little bird. Another tooth is making its appearance on the bottom so he's been gnawing at everything he can get his hands on - usually he launches at things while you're holding him so you have to have your wits about you or he'd go sailing through the air. Sometimes he'll latch onto my face or suck on my ear which indicates either wanting food or a frozen soother for his tooth. Feels rather funny whena small warm wet mouth suddenly sucks onto your lobe like a molusc. I'm sure the fuzzy texture is interesting although not very palatable.
During the day we have developed a routine with playtime on his mat in the morning where he sits in the middle and I bring him different tupperware filled with all sorts of interesting items that he grabs at and then tosses to one side. One of his favourite toys is a set of Winnie the Pooh soft rubbery blocks that smell like vanilla (yummy) and are great for chewing on.That and any sort of tupperware, especially lids. To save the tupperware from constantly being drooled on we picked up a set of colourful measuring type cups that have numbers and stack on top of eachother. Quite a hit too - especially when he can throw them like frisbees across the room. After mat time it's nap time and then jumping time in either his jumperoo or jolly jumper that we bought a mat for that makes noises and music when he touches it with your feet. After 10 minutes or so it's enough to drive you up the wall but he loves it. You know you've heard something way too many times when you start humming it to yourself while you do things and have forgotten what a normal adult song sounds like. After jumping time, it's lunc time, then reading time, then nap time again. Somewhere inbetween all this we usually go for a walk. Liam's vocabulary has expanded to include da da, ma ma, ba ba, daddy and up (he was looking at the ceiling lights in Toy's R Us and said up) - he's a chatty one (like his mommy). He loves doing the pa sound and will mutter pa pa pa over and over again.
The swing has officially been put away as he was dangling dangerously over the edge trying to pick things up off the floor. Makes more room for the next contraption. Sigh - our living room continues to look like Canada's wonderland. Since Liam is now rolling around and trying to crawl wonderland is soon going to be babyproof land. Apparently he moved 3 feet off the mat while Ian was cooking dinner and I was at work so neither of us saw how he got there. It's only a matter of time. We are starting to overhaul the more unstable furniture in our house and purchasing heavier bolt to the wall items.
Today we picked up a new backpack for Ian to put Liam in as he has to pick him up from daycare after work and then take a bus home. Liam loves his new viewing post and plays with all the straps and other gadgets potruding out the sides - usually he falls asleep within a few minutes of walking around since the motion rocks him from side to side rather like a papoose. Takes a couple of people to get him in it and then hoist the backpack on, but once he's in it's pretty easy to move around. I haven't tried the entire weight of baby plus backpack yet but it is apparently fairly heavy after a few blocks. I think I'll stick to letting Ian being papoose man. In addition to the new backpack, papoose daddy also took Liam shopping and got him a new pair of Pediped leather soft shoes called Liams - really cool and fairly expensive but so worth it. He's been wearing them almost every day - papoose daddy knows how to shop.
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