I am happily employed by one of the major five banks in Canada. I am quite content in my current role and have been with the bank for over 9 years. But since I've become your mom, Zoe, I AM a stay a home mom. Not because I am on Maternity leave but because daily I choose to stay at home. I don't go out much. By choice.
These last couple of months have been quite different here at home. With your arrival, we have acquired a tiny little princess in the house. You are precious, cute and oh-so-adorable. But you are also quite demanding - again very different than your brothers were. And rightly so - after all, you are a girl. Girls demand more attention. I don't blame you. I can see it's your tummy that is bothering you. Since you mama has cut out cow dairy from her diet you have improved greatly. On the days when your tummy is not bothering you, you are so chill; without a care in the world. But those days are few and far between. We never know when your tummy will corporate and when it will have a temper-tantrum. I wish I could put your tummy on time-out, like I do with your brothers. They always change their attitudes after time-out... maybe your tummy would too.
When I was a first time mom and I had your oldest brother Noah, I would pack up a bag and head out to a friend's house or the mall or run out the door for groceries with him in tow. Never did it occur to me to skip out on a church event or not visit a friend or send someone else to get my groceries. Noah was easy. He would nurse wherever we were and fell asleep in the car almost instantly. Then he'd stay asleep for nearly 2 hours while I did whatever it is that I was out of the house for.
Then Josh came along. Noah was 3 and again it wasn't a big deal. Josh was a wee bit more difficult to please but nothing I couldn't handle. Noah was always obedient and before Josh was mobile he was quite the angel too (as you and I both know, he's a bit more [clearing throat] independent and free-roaming now.)
But then when you came along my baby-trotting, get-up-and-go attitude has taken quite a turn. You don't like to nurse out and about. You are a "stay at home and nurse" type of baby. You don't like the car as much as the boys. Sure you'll fall asleep once we get going, but you'll still wake up in 20-30 min, whether still in the car or if we are in the store. But at home, in mommy and daddy's king size bed, your naps are long and uninterrupted.
I love you so much baby girl. No matter how much you've changed my world. It's all for the better. I'll just roll with the punches and snuggle you while you'll have me. I know one day soon (10 years or so) you'll be so annoyed with your mom who is trying oh-so-hard to be cool.
By-the-way, although you are only 2.5 months old you are already wearing 6 month clothing. LOL. I think it's really funny. You are quite the long baby. Not too chunky, but very very cute and big. I still remember Dr. Jacey handing you to me moments after you were born, jokingly saying, "Here's your 3 month old." And the whole room laughed. And I fell in love with you.
So glad you are mine,
your mom
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