Mummascribbles – Two weeks in and loving it – Mummascribbles

I have now been at home for two weeks. Those two weeks have gone scarily fast and it means that I am now at the end of my annual leave and that on Tuesday (because of the Bank Holiday), my actual maternity leave officially kicks in. Baby number two is due in less than three weeks and I have been making the most of the time I am getting to spend alone with Zach. 

I have tried to get out and about as much as possible as I know that days at home make him go a bit stir crazy. We have been for a picnic with bloggers and to see some of the old NCT crew and their children. We have visited a friend who has a very young baby and had Nannie round for a few hours before going for a haircut. 

On the days that he has been at nursery, I have had my hair done, had a friend visit with her little baby, cleaned, blogged and done more washing than my poor washing machine can cope with! 

And then there have been the days when we haven’t done anything. Because whilst he does like to get out and about, sometimes there is nothing like sitting in all day and doing not a lot! It’s only happened twice but yesterday was one of those days. We were supposed to go out but he changed his mind and if he doesn’t want to go somewhere then there is no point in forcing him. So we stayed home and it turned out we were both bloody knackered and after a playdough session (I hate playdough!), we snuggled up on the sofa and we both fell asleep while watching Frozen! It was lush, if a little (very) sweaty!

It’s not all easy of course. There are the moments when I am sweltering in the kitchen cooking his dinner and trying to stop him from burning himself. There are the times when I really am just too tired or my body is hurting too much to do what he wants to do (come on, I am almost 38 weeks pregnant!) and there are those times when he is persistent in doing something he really shouldn’t be doing. It was never going to be easy, I knew that and I know it’s only going to get harder when baby comes along but by god, after three years of being back at work, I am absolutely loving being at home. Loving keeping the house tidy (a bit obsessive at the moment!), loving being free to come and go as I please, to pop to the shops when we need something. But most of all, I am absolutely loving being a mummy to my big little man.