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No coherent thoughts tonight, but lots going on.
We started a new institution in our house, that of the Baby-Daddy bathtime. As in, Mike is the new, official bath-giver, and I officially get a half-hour of all-to-myself mommy-time each night. So far, so good, especially since Isaac is newly discovering the joys of dumping bathwater from one cup to another in an endless cycle, leading him to take some looooooong, luxurious baths.
Dada's job is going well, but is causing him a lot of stress. He has to teach a class starting next week, to grad students, and is scared to death (unfoundedly) that he'll make a fool of himself (which he won't). He had a day-long new-employee orientation yesterday, learning about insurance this and investment that and now we have to make lots of grown-up decisions. Blech. Something he did enjoy was his first faculty meeting today. Unrelatedly, he also learned that he will likely be granted adjunct status in the Geology Department on Friday, which opens new avenues to him for teaching and having grad students. It's all good, and we can't wait for school to start so Dada can remember how much fun he has teaching.
Isaac and I went to a playdate at the house of our new friend, Sara, yesterday. There were two other moms there with their charges; Judy, with her two daughters of (1) 3 years and (2) 7 months, another Sara with 7-month-old Ella, and hostess Sara's two boys of (1) 4 years and (2) 7 months. You would have thought this would make Isaac an odd-man-out, but he sure didn't think so. He found hostess Sara's oldest's Wiggles guitar and jammed on it for like an hour; when we went outside, he made playing in the baby pool (with your street clothes on) look so fun that everybody did it. We stayed a long time, and had lots and lots of fun. And Sara gave us 3 dozen newborn-sized cloth diapers she had either bought or made for our February arrival.
We started a new institution in our house, that of the Baby-Daddy bathtime. As in, Mike is the new, official bath-giver, and I officially get a half-hour of all-to-myself mommy-time each night. So far, so good, especially since Isaac is newly discovering the joys of dumping bathwater from one cup to another in an endless cycle, leading him to take some looooooong, luxurious baths.
Dada's job is going well, but is causing him a lot of stress. He has to teach a class starting next week, to grad students, and is scared to death (unfoundedly) that he'll make a fool of himself (which he won't). He had a day-long new-employee orientation yesterday, learning about insurance this and investment that and now we have to make lots of grown-up decisions. Blech. Something he did enjoy was his first faculty meeting today. Unrelatedly, he also learned that he will likely be granted adjunct status in the Geology Department on Friday, which opens new avenues to him for teaching and having grad students. It's all good, and we can't wait for school to start so Dada can remember how much fun he has teaching.
Isaac and I went to a playdate at the house of our new friend, Sara, yesterday. There were two other moms there with their charges; Judy, with her two daughters of (1) 3 years and (2) 7 months, another Sara with 7-month-old Ella, and hostess Sara's two boys of (1) 4 years and (2) 7 months. You would have thought this would make Isaac an odd-man-out, but he sure didn't think so. He found hostess Sara's oldest's Wiggles guitar and jammed on it for like an hour; when we went outside, he made playing in the baby pool (with your street clothes on) look so fun that everybody did it. We stayed a long time, and had lots and lots of fun. And Sara gave us 3 dozen newborn-sized cloth diapers she had either bought or made for our February arrival.
posted by Claire at 7:37 PM
2 Comments:
Dan does the bathtime in our house too. Though I find myself in constant motion retrieving all the thing Dada forgets. Like washcloths! Towels! Pajamas! So it's really like I'm still doing it.
Jane: oh, trust me, you will hear ALL about it on the blog when #2 arrives in February! I'm excited for it, though, especially because it was FREE!
Susie: I know what you mean. Mike refuses to lotion Isaac up after the bath because it would soften his poor grisly hands, and we just can't have that now, can we? But it's nice to sit back for a few minutes and enjoy the boys-only time.
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