It's been 1 month...

It has officially been one month since I quit my job to stay home with the boys! It's been a transition from the world of a working Momma to staying home...actually a little harder than I thought it would be. I find myself baffled as to why I seem to have more laundry now than I did when I was working...hmm?

The main reason I quit my job is because, as a preschool teacher, not making any money seemed to be the norm. After paying my child care costs, I was bring home a measly $50 a paycheck. Not exactly rolling in the dough, is it?? There were some other reasons, personal reasons, that I wanted to stay home too. I found after the birth of Sawyer that I struggled with some postpartum depression...I found it hard to get out of bed in the morning. I had lost my motivation to really do anything other than stay home with the boys. I had lost the joy in teaching that I had once had. I didn't feel like a normal functioning person anymore!

So we made the choice for me to stay home. We pulled the boys from daycare and stayed home. Now I see them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I am the one responsible for their early education. I am solely responsible for getting Sawyer on a schedule (yikes). The first 2 weeks we were home was spent getting Sawyer back to optimum health. He spent 2 months of his tiny 4 month life in and out of the hospital with pneumonia and RSV. His lungs were weak and day care germs weren't giving him a fighting chance. Now that he's been home, he's thriving! He's gained back the weight he lost and is chunking up, my little piggy!

Over the last week, we did make some changes to our daily schedule. I found that as we were adjusting to being at home, we were becoming a little stagnant. True, we went to story hour at the library and we were playing outside for a couple of hours every day (80 degrees in March?!?!) but I'm concerned about Riley falling behind other children who will be in preschool up until kindergarten. So, I did what I do best...I created a curriculum for him! He now has a basket of activities to complete every week that include literacy, science, art and math skills. He completed his first basket yesterday. He calls it his "Learning Basket."

So, we're learning to adjust to our new schedule. We are learning to budget our time. We are learning to lean on each other. I'm getting used to being the sole dish washer, laundry washer, maid, chauffeur, cook, etc. It's taking some time to get used to not being out in the world with other adults. But how could I say no to them?