Back to life. Back to reality.

It's that time again. Back to work. I've made it through a week and have only shed a few tears on the first day. I'm not sure if I'm just used to this now or if I realize that it's inevitable. I have to work so I'm going to have to deal with leaving the baby at daycare.

I'd like to think that Tom and I have gotten this whole getting everyone ready in the morning thing down, but we're still struggling to get out of the door before 7:00 am. I know, I know, first week back, give it some time, yada yada yada. Each day we've been able to get out of the house a few minutes earlier than the day before. My work days have been pretty busy and when you add in all of the pumping I need to do, the days fly by. I'm so thankful our Mother's Room has tables and wifi access so I can keep working, otherwise I would be in the office until like 6:00 every day and that's just too late for me.

Tommy is doing great at daycare and is getting on a regular feeding schedule. Since I nurse on demand at home he really wasn't on any type of schedule, at least not one that I had noticed, but at daycare he eats three times a day at 9:00, noon, and 3:00 everyday. He's not yet in a good napping routine, but he did take a three hour nap the other day. And he seems to be more tired at the end of the day and has been falling asleep when the girls go to bed. The past two nights though he's decided to wake up a few times to eat and party. Not so cool.

I'm quickly getting used to getting myself ready each morning and have relied on a lot of skirts for work this week. I have some dresses that I love but can't wear because I have to pump throughout the day and it would be quite a hassle and a bit awkward in the pump room to get completely undressed to pump. I'm already used to the whole pumping routine, especially since this is my third time with the pumping at work thing. The biggest struggle I have with pumping at work is making sure I keep my pump time on my calendar so no one books meetings when I need to be pumping.

Tom and I have been pretty good about getting everything ready for the work day and I try to get the bottles labeled and daycare form filled out the night before. And for the most part our bed is always made and the dishes are done and we've pretty much stayed with our meal plan for dinners. Everything else has been let go, so we'll be spending part of the weekend cleaning the house and getting things in order.

For now I'm raising a glass to getting through my first week back.