Hello!

Hoody... good on you with the two days/week - as you say, it's a good start and the experience certainly won't hurt! I'm really enjoying my time with my little girl and finding that I can balance work without any probs (doing about 4 hours/day at home mainly at night and then in the office for 1/2 days on Mon's and Thu's - would probably be a lot different if Brooke wasn't sleeping thru the night though!). I'm sure if we had a 2nd it wouldn't be quite so easy either! Haven't started thinking about it yet - maybe when Brooke is 1 we'll start trying?? Not sure.

Dragonbub... It's funny, before I had Brooke, I worked at least 50-60 hours/week and I was in suits every day and it just seemed like the norm. Now it's kinda fun getting my office gear on twice a week (no baby dribble or vomi on my shoulders!!). I'm loving my life at the moment - I feel so fulfilled being able to spend my days with my little girl and still keep a balance of work. I have no idea about the "trying" for a particular gender so can't help you there sorry.

Brooke stays awake for about 3 hours between sleeps during the day too. We generally are out and about each day to do something (dropping stuff in to work, groceries, running errands, etc) but I try to make sure we have plenty of play time at home too and we also spend a bit of time outside. When Brooke sleeps I quickly jump on the computer to do a bit of work. Walks are great if we have a bit of time on our hands.

Well guys, I'm supposed to be working so best get back to it... I think I'm becoming addicted to this site!

Have a good week...

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DD (5 months, 2 weeks)