Nosy boy

Reizo is working on his third tooth. In fact, we pretty much got to witness the first two crawl their way up through his gums and jut through his skin. Did you just ask me how? Many, many waking hours were spent holding and cuddling a wakeful little guy. Actually, we have no idea if that is why he woke up every 45 minutes or so for the past two weeks, but we are keeping our fingers crossed. He slept in three hour chunks for the past three days and it feels great. Really great for me because his awakenings occurred mostly during Raj’s shift.

We bought a few teething toys. Go figure this is what he wants. He also managed to give me a hickey on my arm…hmmm……

Two social outings for me this past week! Dinner with friends and then meeting up with Tara to hang with her and her adorable little guy. Let me tell you – getting out seems to be the key to maintaining sanity. It is too long of a day not to feel lonely chilling with someone who is 27 inches long, falls asleep while I am in the middle of talking to him and who cries if he is over what I’m saying. Grownups tend to be much more discreet.

Tata left this past Tuesday and Reizo misses his leisurely mornings with Tata, sing-a-longs and bonding on the patio.

We are trying to get into the routine of our daily schedule. While waking up and sharing a cup of coffee while pondering the day ahead sounds awesome, that does not seem to be the reality of our new parenting experience. The less guessing about whowhatwhenwherewhy, the better we feel. So we have literally broken down our entire day. Not broken it down into what exactly we are doing at certain times, but broken it down into these diff categories: judy caregiving, raj caregiving, family time. Actually, sticking to the schedule allows us both to have more free time and family time than when were winging it each day. Time management seems to be really important, especially since Reizo is so unpredictable (duh). Otherwise, it is too easy to let tired feelings overrun our thoughts and create negativity toward ourselves or toward each other. We know when we will each step into help and having a start and finish line each day helps maintain perspective and ensures that we each get relaxation time in our day.