A few weeks ago, I went back to work at the restaurant I had worked at since I was 16 up until a month before I had Adelyn. I had taken 8 months off. I had always intended on going back much sooner, that was until of course, we discovered that Adelyn was 100% Mommy's breastfeeding buddy. (That's a whooole 'nother story. I'm starting to think her nursing obsession has little to do with nourishment and everything to do with comfort and being Mommy's little sidekick) So instead of hopping back into the restaurant business, we have been living humbly yet comfortably on Richard's salary alone. Well, our very small company opened a new store at a new location just 10 minutes away from my house, and with this opening (which was a rough one, I might add) I had the bright idea of going back to work. I would only work no more than 4 hours, as Adelyn would protest if she had to wait a minute longer. Richard would keep her entertained and feed her jar food while I'm away. It's been a few weeks now, and I must say that I am seriously enjoying it. I'm a very young mom. I'm 21. This social interaction alone is doing wonders for my self-confidence, me and Rich do very little socializing in the last year. I'm only working about 20 hours a week but boy, my body is definitely feeling every minute of it. Although I consider going to work my "break" from baby, as soon as I walk in the door, Richard voluntarily relinquishes all responsibility from Adelyn and on I go to nurse, nurse, nurse and chase her all over the house. I am one tired mommy these days.
As for my angel baby,
She is incredible. She has had no problem with being away from me. Daddy has a special way with her. So I guess with nursing, it's out of sight, out of mind.
She was, however, driving mommy absolutely NUTS the last week or so because she was refusing to sleep and fussing 24/7 - but come to find out, her second tooth was cutting through.
She is just 8 months yesterday, and she is blowing me away with how brilliant she is. She claps her hands (upon command), waves bye-bye, gives high-fives, points at things with her index finger, and says: mama, dada, num-num, bye (only sometimes), and baaah (for ball). At her 6 month check up our Ped. told us that she was 1-2 months advanced and I am ashamed to say that I think I had very little to do with it! We do use "Your Baby Can Read." She loves the video, but mostly for the music and the pictures of kids. In other words, my 8 month old still can't read, ha!! It's just a cute video and one I don't mind watching during the day because I at least know that it is educational.
We're still nursing like mad and I don't see an end in sight. Hmph. We'll get there when we get there, I suppose!
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