Rainstorm, I am absolutely dreading going back to work at the end of April. Dreading it. I want to spend all of my time with my baby. She's not an easy baby, not by any stretch -- we've had a neck injury from birth, lactose intolerance, colic, bad sleeping, bad feeding, etc. Never did manage to breast feed -- pumped for 3 weeks but couldn't find the time to do it often enough after OH went back to work. But I'm still madly in love with her and I keep thinking so much of the interesting stuff happens after 6 months.
That said, I guess not breast feeding has granted me some relative freedom. I went to see Wicked (I booked the tickets in January last year, before I was pregnant) when she was a month old. Took the train, read a book, met with a friend, had dinner, saw the show, and got sushi take away on the way home and ate it on the train. It did feel very good to do something normal. But she was with my wife, not with someone else, and I think that's a big difference. I'd still be nervous leaving G with my MIL.
SisterRose, your Georgia is so lovely, and look how clever and engaged she is, playing with that toy. Our Georgia isn't anywhere near doing that yet, I don't think. Do people ever pronounce your daughter's name Georgie-a? I thought it would be a very straightforward name, but some people here really struggle with it!
