Back to Work

It has been so long since I posted I don't even really know where to start. JB really is a pleasure and a very easy baby, which has been great because two kids are definitely exponentially harder to manage than one. T has been very high maintenance for a while now, so we really lucked out with JB being Mr. Easygoing.

Yesterday was my first day back at work. I had 12 wonderful weeks to devote to JB and care for him. I really enjoyed it, but now it is over. I only work 30 hours a week and half of that is telecommuting, so I will still get to see the boys a lot. I go into Manhattan 2 days a week and those 2 days are hard. Yesterday, I left at 7am and did not get back home until 8pm.

I have been breastfeeding JB pretty much exclusively. At work, that means pumping 3 times a day. Unfortunately, there is no great location to pump, so I have to use the handicap bathroom, which at least is clean and is seldom used by anyone else.

I really missed JB and thought about him the whole day. I had forgotten how hard it is to be separated from the baby when first going back to work. Today at least, I'm happy to be working here next to my little guy while he sleeps. Tomorrow, it is back to NYC again.

Here are a couple photos. The first one is a few weeks old, but the 2nd is from last week.