Alyssa at 3 months old! Time is flying and she is growing so fast!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
On working and being a mom...
I had the blessing to spend the first 8 months of Annjulia's life with her. Now that I have Alyssa, and have had the need to go back to work a lot sooner with her, I have learned to appreciate even more so the time I was able to spend with Annjulia during those first few months of her life. And even though I have come back to work with a fresh mindset, new goals, and a greater motivation to make things happen for myself, a part of me still wants to be home and be a mom to my girls.
I know I'll get there, but in the meantime Tito has been amazing in sharing responsibilities when it comes to the kids and housework and the time we each spend on our leasure activities. We thought we would be able to come back to working out together in the afternoons after work, but it didn't take long to realize that Alyssa prefers the one-on-one attention she gets from us or her aunt Nuna, than the loud unpersonalized attention at the gym nursery. So now Tito has made the compromise of exercising in the mornings while I'm home preparing the girls and myself for the day, and he'll take care of the kids in the afternoon while I enjoy my hour of workout and destress time. I don't like that I don't get to spend time with the family until after 7 every day, but it's worked so far and I think it will continue to work until Alyssa is old enough to feel comfortable elsewhere.
My goal is to take this time back at work to focus on getting to where I want to be, make some extra money, save a lot of it, and hopefully be able to feel comfortable to stay home when we have our next baby. I am envious of the mommys that get to stay home with their little ones. I wish to be able to give them all my time, and will eventually. :) I'll just have to make the most of it in the meantime.
I know I'll get there, but in the meantime Tito has been amazing in sharing responsibilities when it comes to the kids and housework and the time we each spend on our leasure activities. We thought we would be able to come back to working out together in the afternoons after work, but it didn't take long to realize that Alyssa prefers the one-on-one attention she gets from us or her aunt Nuna, than the loud unpersonalized attention at the gym nursery. So now Tito has made the compromise of exercising in the mornings while I'm home preparing the girls and myself for the day, and he'll take care of the kids in the afternoon while I enjoy my hour of workout and destress time. I don't like that I don't get to spend time with the family until after 7 every day, but it's worked so far and I think it will continue to work until Alyssa is old enough to feel comfortable elsewhere.
My goal is to take this time back at work to focus on getting to where I want to be, make some extra money, save a lot of it, and hopefully be able to feel comfortable to stay home when we have our next baby. I am envious of the mommys that get to stay home with their little ones. I wish to be able to give them all my time, and will eventually. :) I'll just have to make the most of it in the meantime.
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