On Child Care

How your child will be cared for when/if you go back to work is a huge decision. James and I both work incredibly odd hours, so after getting pregnant with Alex I soon realized that traditional day care would not be an option for us (James is gone from 8p-8a and I'm gone from 6p-8a or 6a-8p). Because of this, I made the decision to drop down to 2 days a week at work. So our weeks go like this...
Sunday and Monday I work and James watches Alex.
Tuesday through Friday James works and I watch Alex.
Saturday James comes home and sleeps until around 4pm when he wakes up and we hang out for approximately 6 hours.
Then we do it all over again.

That's not to say that James and I don't see each other through the week. I see him for a couple of hours after he gets off work in the morning and we try to have dinner together each night. Despite this, the schedule is HARD. It's only been a few weeks and I already hate it. James and I have been married for almost 5 years and although our schedules have always been weird, we have still always had at least one full day off together...until now. And we've talked about how hard it is. We've talked about solutions--having dinner together, me joining a gym with child care so that I don't have to leave Alex with him to go for a run in the morning, setting our smart phones aside when we're together...

I guess it just is what it is right now. I know it's only temporary but I have a hard time seeing past the present when something upsets me. If only there were more hours. More time we could spend together. I don't want to lose touch with my husband. The person that "gets" me. My partner in crime.

But because I've been a glass half empty kind of girl lately, I need to throw in some positives too. I get to spend TONS of time with my kid, which is awesome. I don't feel like I'm missing out because I'm the first to see all that he does most of the time. It's pretty cool. And yes, all of this schedule swapping is totally worth it and saving us tons of money, but I'll be excited when the day comes that I get to see my husband a little more too. 

Now enjoy some pictures of my little buddy!

4 month pic

Finally big enough for the bouncer!