Big day in the Duggan household!

Yesterday was quite a day. I returned to work after 12 weeks off and Aidan went to his first full day at day care. The morning went quite smoothly considering our exhaustion level. I woke up at 3 a.m. which is what I have been doing recently to pump breast milk and get Aidan's bottles ready. I need to send him with at least 3 bottles for the day so I've been waking up in the middle of the night to pump and store the milk even though Aidan is sleeping through the night. It is a laborious undertaking, but it's important to me that he has breast milk for a few more months so I'm doing it. I do go back to sleep for a few hours though, don't worry! Anyway, we had to wake Aidan up since he is used to sleeping until 8 a.m., so first we showered and got ready, and then we woke him. The poor guy was so tired and groggy he wasn't sure what was going on. Before he knew what had happened he had been fed, changed and dressed and we were out the door on our way to day care. Unfortunately we have to leave at 6:45 to make this schedule work, so we poured ourselves some extra large coffee's and headed on our way.

Dropping Aidan off was somewhat easy considering he had gone back to sleep so we got him situated and left him sleeping peacefully. Driving away and leaving your child with strangers sucks. I wish I could explain it more eloquently but it just plain sucks. I am cried out at this point, but I highly doubt it gets much easier. I know people say it does, but it pains me to know I will miss so much. When we picked him up we got his "daily report card" and he did great on his first day. I guess it was all a bit overwhelming for him because he slept a lot. For a baby that is not a big napper, he slept most of the day!

Look at all those napsHe also had a giant poop which was apparently very messy because it required a change of clothes. I am glad I missed that!


Anyway, I think Aidan is going to be just fine at day care. We have been calling to check on him and he seems to be very easy going and happy. I'm sure in a few days he will get used to the routine and not be as exhausted when he gets home. We had to wake him last night and keep him awake for a while because we didn't want him to be up all night. The hard part is not getting the quality time with my baby, I missed him terribly yesterday. In many ways it was nice to be back at work, around adults, and using my brain again. The day flew by and it looks like I'm going to be incredibly busy for the next few months so I plan to dive right back in and try not to get too upset when my mind wanders off during a meeting and I feel a tinge of pain as I wonder what Aidan is doing at that moment!

I'll have more photos soon, Aidan is getting noticeably bigger and his hair is turning RED! Here he is last night enjoying a little naked time before his bathWe think he may have started teething because he is putting EVERYTHING in his mouth. His current favorite is his fist.

We may have a little red head on our hands, it is all very exciting. Thanks to everyone for your kind words and support, this week is really hard.

XOXO
Angela