Major achievements

Nico - Day 19

Change of perception

It's funny how perception changes.  At some stage in my life running a half marathon would have been considered to be a major achievement.  Completing a major transaction at work or producing a coherent set of month end results on time would have felt like major achievements.  But today it feels like a major achievement to have had a shower, eaten breakfast, done two loads of washing, fed the baby, been for a walk and done some food shopping all before midday.   I did have to leave the baby to cry in his cot for five minutes to manage to have the shower, but a cuddle from a soaking mummy soon stopped the cries.

Home alone with Nico

It's our first day alone today as Ivan has gone back to work and I need to learn quickly not to be a slave to the baby whilst still managing to make him feel secure and loved.  And for the sake of my sanity some routine needs to emerge soon.  So every day we'll have a new challenge.  Today it was just getting out and about, tomorrow it may be walking up to the next town for coffee.  In a couple of weeks, amidst the frenetic Christmas shoppers, we'll brave the trip to the big city.  Speaking of which, it doesn't even begin to feel festive at all.  I know we haven't quite made it to December, but with the weather still good and no frost in sight Christmas doesn't feel like it's only around the corner.