LaMa - yes, I notice a decline in the quality if I am not eating as well. I'm slowly weaning him (messy but fun!) but he still feeds plenty. I know it also burns between 200 and 500 calories a day.
Thanks for the warm welcome back, folks. Always love the support here, such a lovely bunch <3
Em and Petal - the mummy cliques are the worst. I just hate the competitiveness of it all.."oh, is your baby not doing x, y and z yet?" I've only just stopped having a morning nap with L and forget to brush my hair most days, haha!
Aimingggglow - hello, lovely! Yes, we are about a 5 min walk from the beach but it's too cold past August to swim (I think so, anyway!) so went to our local pool. They also have a creche there so I can swim alone if I'd like..very relaxing!
So yesterday was a good first start. I do find the evenings difficult., though. I always fancy a glass of wine once L is in bed and Yank got the salted caramel M&Ms out whilst we were watching Scary Movies to Tell in the Dark (which was appallingly bad) and I had to try very hard to resist! Feel good this morning..Was a difficult night with L sleep wise though. He was up at 01:30 and then again at 05:00 wide awake.. had to bring him into bed with me to steal another hours kip this morning before we got up at 7ish. Much better than he was though..it used to be waking every 90 mins all night every night. Not sure how I survived that stage for 4.5 months. Anyway, baby talk over!
Today my friend has cancelled lunch plans so I've put a baked potato (love a potatooo) in the oven to have at lunch time with some beans. I have another friend coming over tonight to watch Ru Paul UK and Yank is making home-made pizzas. We don't use a ton of cheese but it will still be a calorific meal so going to be very sensible during the day today. The weather is absolutely crap. I've been lucky having L in time for the Summer as it was glorious going to the park and beach every day in the sun. Never mind - snuggles and movies today which will be just as lovely.
I'm also waiting for my manager to email me back regarding my working hours when I return in January. Feeling a bit anxious as I know they want me full-time but I would like to do 4 days. So hard to know what is right to do. Yank is finishing work in early Dec so we have a month off together (going to Estonia and Krakow) and then he will be a stay at home dad and work a few evenings when I go back to my job.
Will post food and weigh in later.
Happy Thursday, friends xo
