A Week of Firsts

Have I ever mentioned that William loves taking a bath more than everything? (the only thing he possibly loves more than baths is his bottle).

 
William Bath 2.16.13 from Sandra Butler on Vimeo.


This week has been a big week for Will! I went back to work... which was easier than I thought it was going to be. Will started going to the childcare center in my building two days a week. His teachers are pretty nice and the center is nice, but it still feels so weird leaving my baby with people who are basically strangers. I haven't yet cried when dropping him off, so that's good!

Will has also started sleeping in his own room at night, we've had three successful nights with him "on his own" and have taken the Pack n' Play out of our room. We're so thankful this baby has really taken to sleeping through the night, but I also feel like I no longer have a newborn baby, a happy and sad thing. :)

Will laughed for the first time this week, of course when we tried to get him to laugh again and catch it on video, all he did was fart and make crazy faces - which is amusing in it's own right.

When Will was first born I was so painfully exhausted, all I did was feed him and sleep, I couldn't imagine a time when I would be less exhausted. Toward the end of my maternity leave we were starting to get on a routine, I was feeling really good again, and life was getting back to "normal". I almost felt guilty because I didn't feel the crushing exhaustion new parents are always talking about, I felt like I must be doing something wrong. Then... I went back to work. Holy moly. All I want to do is sleep, all the time. I am so painfully exhausted, I know it's only been one week, and it's going to be just like after Will was born and in a few weeks everything will be good again, but if someone offered me a weeks vacation in a quiet, dark room, I'd jump on that right about now. Thank goodness for my Keurig!