Hi Jazz!
Good to hear your updates. Sorry the clinic has been slow. Hopefully it picks back up again in summer. What was your old line of work? Are you thinking about going back part time or full time?
Sorry your husband is still struggling. Hope he starts to feel better. Does he exercise? Maybe you all can go for long walks together? I know the weather isn't great these days, but we still try to get out.
There are some definite upsides to only having one child if that's what turns out to be the right choice for your family. There will be more money if you only have one, making it possible to have a certain lifestyle that may not be possible with more kids. And I can totally understand the worry of having to start over from the beginning- I don't know if my marriage can survive another bad sleeper.
J still doesn't sleep through the night. He did once last week for the first time, 8p-7a not a peep but mostly he still wakes up a couple of times. It feels different now than it used to though. He still ends up in bed with us but now I can just tell him to put his head back down and go to sleep and he will. Never thought I'd be a cosleeper, but it works for us and to be honest- I love to hold him at night. Not sure how to add a second to this arrangement, but we'll figure it out.
Before we add a second my wife and I need some major reconnecting. Taking care of J has been all consuming and we need to remember to nurture the love that brought us together in the first place. Sometimes it feels like we are good partners quite literally running a family business. We could definitely use some us time.
My wife is just starting her last semester of school, she'll be done in may! It will be sooooooo nice to have two incomes again. I'm hoping to be able to go down a little on my hours but we will see how it all pans out.
J is good. Crazy climbing up on everything and has a ton of energy (its exhausting!!), but such a sweet loving little boy. He gives the best hugs. He is just now starting to sit and play with things for more than half a second whereas up until now he's been on the move in constant motion since he started crawling. I'm still nursing him and don't really know what my plans are in that area. He relies on it so much, I'd hate to take that away before he is ready. He is much better behaved and less cranky and whiny when he can nurse when he needs to. He says a few words but never on demand and only once in a awhile. He will say something clear as day, but then not again. I'm assuming that's normal?
Well that's about all here. Every day is basically the same. Ha!
Hope everyone else is doing well.
Stay in touch!!
Good to hear your updates. Sorry the clinic has been slow. Hopefully it picks back up again in summer. What was your old line of work? Are you thinking about going back part time or full time?
Sorry your husband is still struggling. Hope he starts to feel better. Does he exercise? Maybe you all can go for long walks together? I know the weather isn't great these days, but we still try to get out.
There are some definite upsides to only having one child if that's what turns out to be the right choice for your family. There will be more money if you only have one, making it possible to have a certain lifestyle that may not be possible with more kids. And I can totally understand the worry of having to start over from the beginning- I don't know if my marriage can survive another bad sleeper.
J still doesn't sleep through the night. He did once last week for the first time, 8p-7a not a peep but mostly he still wakes up a couple of times. It feels different now than it used to though. He still ends up in bed with us but now I can just tell him to put his head back down and go to sleep and he will. Never thought I'd be a cosleeper, but it works for us and to be honest- I love to hold him at night. Not sure how to add a second to this arrangement, but we'll figure it out.
Before we add a second my wife and I need some major reconnecting. Taking care of J has been all consuming and we need to remember to nurture the love that brought us together in the first place. Sometimes it feels like we are good partners quite literally running a family business. We could definitely use some us time.
My wife is just starting her last semester of school, she'll be done in may! It will be sooooooo nice to have two incomes again. I'm hoping to be able to go down a little on my hours but we will see how it all pans out.
J is good. Crazy climbing up on everything and has a ton of energy (its exhausting!!), but such a sweet loving little boy. He gives the best hugs. He is just now starting to sit and play with things for more than half a second whereas up until now he's been on the move in constant motion since he started crawling. I'm still nursing him and don't really know what my plans are in that area. He relies on it so much, I'd hate to take that away before he is ready. He is much better behaved and less cranky and whiny when he can nurse when he needs to. He says a few words but never on demand and only once in a awhile. He will say something clear as day, but then not again. I'm assuming that's normal?
Well that's about all here. Every day is basically the same. Ha!
Hope everyone else is doing well.
Stay in touch!!
