May 09
1 more week
Things have been really busy the past few days around here. Little Sean is as busy as ever trying to get his little thumb into his mouth. He’s made a lot of progress over the past week, and has figured out that it kind of stays in there if he turns his hand sideways. He hasn’t quite gotten the sucking part down, he mostly chews on his thumb at this point. He has also been practicing rolling over from his back to his tummy. If I roll his legs a little bit to the side for him, he can get his arm to the front and get his head up and around and flip himself! He laughs every time he does it..probably more so because I’m giggling and shrieking and laughing because I’m so proud of him, than he is proud of himself 🙂
On a sad note, I have to go back to work starting May 20th. I’m torn about it; I am looking forward to getting out of the house and having some alone/adult time, but I can’t imagine not seeing Sean for so many hours! The most I’ve been away from him during the day is 2-3 hours. So far, I think the schedule will start out as me home on Mondays, Daycare on Tues & Wed and my mom watching him on Thurs and Fri. That of course will change when she goes to the cabin over the summer, but by then he’ll be used to daycare and probably won’t mind going more often.
Speaking of daycare, he gets a “trial run” day on Monday! I’m dropping him off at 2pm Monday and Paul will be picking him up on his way home from work around 545pm. I figure it’ll give me a chance to see what it feels like to leave him there, and also give him a chance to try it out before staying a whole day there. I’m both nervous and excited, but I am really happy with the daycare center, so I feel at ease.  The great news is that they aren’t even charging me for the 1/2 day! Cool stuff.
Sorry there haven’t been many pictures so far this month…I keep forgetting to take them. I’ll try to get some thumb-sucking and rolling over ones soon.