Monday, February 26, 2007
I had immense feelings of guilt when I decided to send my two-year old to day care, but I reasoned that he would get to play with children his age and I would get some me-time for a change. It wasn't easy to overcome the separation anxiety (mine not his). I had just started to get the hang of being child-free for a couple of hours three days a week when the inevitable happened: he caught a cold from a kid in the playgroup; a nasty one, too. For the past five days Adam had looked like one of the... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Baby steps
After months of watching from the sidelines I have finally summoned up the courage to post my first entry. I had kept an online journal of Adam's early days, but only shared it with close friends and family members. For me, this is a huge leap of faith; it is my present to my father on his birthday (he had always dreamed of the day when I would share my writings with others), it's also my way of saying "I am proud to be a mum" -even though I ceased to be anything else. Let the blogging begin! Sign in to see full entry.