Well Sam is 8 weeks old... A month old on Tuesday... Things this week have been bittersweet, the reality of going back to work is really starting to hit me, and whenever I think about it I get teary eyed... The only consolation about going back to work is that I know that I'm leaving him in the hands of people who I know care about him and so I know he will be taken care of and loved. Sam's doing really really great developmentally, he smiles at me constantly now, sometimes when I'm up with him at night I will talk to him and he just has to stop every once in a while to give me a huge grin, lol. He also is starting to respond to me when I make funny faces and noises at him. Before he would look at me like I'm stupid (he still does sometimes, lol.) But now he will give me smiles and sometimes it looks like he really wants to laugh. He's also cooing a lot more now and he talks to me constantly, and he holds his own head up about 90% of the time now, so carrying him is a lot easier.
The rough part of this week is that it seems he's taken a step back when it comes to naptime. He used to go down for about 3 hours a day around 3 pm. Well I tried moving his nap time up a little, but he just won't have it, and now I can't seem to get him back on the old schedule! So I'm back to square one trying to figure out naps.
All in all I'm living on borrowed time right now, so I'm trying to enjoy every second I get, so even though he doesn't seem to want to nap for me anymore, it's okay, I get to spend that much more time with him!
They grow too quickly, don't they?! It was hard to return to work, but it is kinda nice during the day to step out of the "Mommy" role and into a different role. It is refreshing, and then I get to go home and enjoy every minute of being with the kids! I absolutely LOVE those middle of the night smiles. I know we aren't really supposed to stimulate them at night, but I just have to smile and talk back.
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