Mano-a-mano

Today's a big day for the Pee family. It's the start of Claire and I being mano-a-mano ... all by ourselves, one-on-one, during the day. Up until now, we have had family staying with us to help take care of us and help me through the "sitting month". While I definitely appreciate all of the help, I'm looking forward to this new phase of getting to really know my daughter. I've got eight more weeks until I go back to work, so I want to make sure I take advantage of this short time together.

The main fear I have is that it's all me. With the grandparents (and uncles and uncles' girlfriends) around, there were always extra sets of hands to pass her off when needed. Even though sometimes I got jealous and petulant about having to hand her over so much, at least I had the luxury to have multiple people being able to sway, shush, swaddle ... well, all those soothing tactics. Now, while James is at work, there are no other hands that I can pass her to in when she needs a change of scenery. But then, I embrace this new challenge to learn her different cries and figure out how to make them stop with as little trauma (to both of us) as possible!

So Day 1. So far, so good. It's pretty much the same as it has been the last four weeks except that I've had a lot more awake time to play with the little one. I have a feeling that the carriers that I have (loving the Ergo with the Infant Insert so far!) are going to come in very handy. :)

What I see from above.