At my parents again. If only we had more money we could buy ourselves a pc and i could blog every day. Maybe i will get my work laptop fixed sooner rather than later. but when on mat leave they have minimal reason to even let me have one let alone fix it when i broke it myself!
anyway charlotte is now 11 1/2 weeks old! we both have thrush at the moment- C in her mouth, me in my milk ducts! it is v v painful and making life hard for both of us- feeding is a particular nightmare and the sleeping is up the wall as well! we had it all just about sorted too- but they say things never stay sorted for very long with a little un! But she is growing well and putting on weight well- moved from the 25th to 50th percentiles for weight on pure breast milk for those of you who are well versed in these things! i am quite proud of us both to be honest!
Still far too many things to do with an average week- how on earth can people get bored staying at home? We have been wrestling big time over whether i should go back to work or not and if so how much of the time. I had gone for a local job (interview last week but no news yet!) but the money is so rubbish that i just dont think i can bring myself to take it even if i am offered it. but it did sound v good -interesting with some responsibility and working entirely from home. but fitting it in around charlotte is probably far harder in reality than it sounds in theory. anyway let's see what happens. i have mentioned to work that i am unlikely to want to go back full time to see what the part time options might be and it seems that they might be really quite flexible. so this is good news. i think. it might be nice if i simply didnt have a choice. but i do. so it is all v v tough! i guess i am thinking that if we want C (and any other children we might have) to have the option of a private school in the future i probably need to keep working in London at least part time. but what is more important- an excellent education later in life or me at home full time until at least 3 at this end of life?! An impossible question to answer!
I am sure that being a well educated woman with a good job is a good thing but sometimes i wish i wasnt quite in this situation and was back 100 years ago with no option but to stay at home and be a home maker! (or have no job prospects so no choice either!)
At my Mum's today. Charlotte is now 10 weeks old! Amazing! She had been v good at the old sleeping but we have been having a bit of trouble yesterday and today. It is more the daytime sleeps which are a bit of a struggle still which makes her overtired and then doesnt go down early! We had been getting her down at around 9pmish and then she was sleeping through til 6 or 7. LAst night we didnt succeed in getting her to sleep until midnight and she still slept only til 7. V tiring for me!
HEr christening is on sunday. We are keeping it to just mum and dad, siblings and godparents as these things can get out of hand. LOoking forward to it though. Our neighbours across the road are the pastor and his wife for a church that isnt ours but there happens to be a joint service on sunday so he will be preaching. He is very excited and says he will be bringing his camera! It is lovely that they are so enthusiastic about Charlotte- it is his wife that got Charlotte to take a bottle so i can now express some of my milk and get out and about (which we did on my birthday as wella s our anniversary- bliss!).
Mum and Dad are getting ever more goo-ey. It is quite sweet to see. I am getting ever more tired but I am definitely fallin gin love with her. Which you can probably tell by it being the only thing I blog about these days!
