I can't believe I'm already almost halfway through my maternity leave. I feel like I need another six months or so. I wish Justin and I could afford for me to not work, even though I like my job a lot. Unfortunately, we can't even afford for me to take a longer maternity leave. I knew from the moment I was pregnant that putting the baby in day care would be very very difficult. We have a fantastic in-home day care set up for Roxanne, and that helps, but I'm still having a hard time thinking about it. It's overwhelming. And a six week old baby is still so tiny. I wish America had standard 12 week maternity leave. That would be fantastic.
I am lucky that my employer is flexible enough to let me work part time when I come back if I choose to, but I'm not sure we can afford that. Adding the monthly expense of day care is a pretty big deal. At the very least, I hope to change my schedule to something like 7 to 3 so that I'll have more time with her. In a perfect world, I would love to work from home. Roxanne would be the perfect baby for that, since she's so calm and relaxed most of the time.
Either way, at least she's finally here, and she's perfect.
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