I survived my first week back at work! Fortunately for me, I've been pretty busy at work and I jumped right in to task, so the week pretty much flew by. I'm just happy it's finally Saturday and I am able to spend some time with the family.
I have to say, Monday is still a bit of a blur to me. Between conversations with co-workers on updates on Alyssa, picture sharing, pumping and the such, it seems like my day did not really consist of 24 hours (9 hours at work). I do have to admit that walking out the door, leaving my baby behind, was extremely emotional and I had to fight back the tears. Nonetheless, the phone calls to my sister were pretty persistent, although I managed to only call about 4 times throughout the day. :) I missed my baby so much. As the week progressed and I got back into my daily routine, I managed to bring down the calls to check in on Alyssa to just 2. Not too bad.
One of the biggest challenges I've encountered is the pumping at work thing. It's not the pumping part, its the finding where to go, actually taking the break to do it, and not feeling guilty that the "15 minute break" actually always turns out to be more of a 30 minute break. I am determined to make this work, though, and I just hope that I can make it a habit and can incorporate it without any other issues into my daily work routine. I want to make sure I can manage my time wisely. It is extremely important that I pump at least twice while I'm at work so I can maintain the supply going for Alyssa. Otherwise, it'll be bye-bye breastmilk hello formula. I'd like to breastfeed at least until she's 6 months old. We have another 3 months to go!
Which brings me to: Alyssa is 12 weeks old!!! My gosh. Time is flying. My sister says she's chuckled for her. I have yet to see it... and I hate that I missed it when she did it since it was her first time. But I'm sure it won't be the "first" I'll miss since I'm back at work. I just have to make sure I enjoy it when she does it for us when we're at home. She has so many more milestones to conquer! It's just going to get better and better.
AJ's doing great at school as well. I received an envelope from her teacher with her school work in it from beginning of the year until now, and she has done a fantastic job in every single one of them. She seems to be enjoying school and her teacher and I hope she maintains her grades like she has so far. FCATs will be a biggie again this year. She did a fabulous job last year by getting a perfect score on her reading portion and attaining level 5 in Math. Now we just have to make sure she maintains it. I'm really proud of her!
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