Weeks ago, our HR contacted me via email to follow up on the status of my maternity leave. They already issued me a Return to work order - RTO in September last year; thus, I requested an extension. After months of staying at home and caring for Caleb, I realized it was too impossible to resume my work. No one has the potential to take care of him, and besides, that means I could only see him on weekends. Hiring a nanny now was too expensive, plus the fact was too risky. That made up my mind to formally submit my resignation.
This is only for formality as we already had a conversion through Viber. After eleven years of working, the HR team acknowledged it and marked my jobless ERA!
Realistic day as a Mom with an infant.
As I am now an official stay-at-home Mom, I've been thinking about how to earn money without leaving home. Some of my online friends, like Jane, MJ, and others, were busy writing gigs. I offered to back up @jane1289, and she gave me a topic but couldn't finish it. Realizing I might compromise her work, I backed out 😫 . My son demands much of my time now as he is always grumpy; teething stage. He had one tooth at the lower part and two more about to come out. Oftentimes, he wanted me at his side. Yep, he would play, but I should too next to him. When he sleeps, he wants to be cuddled and even wakes up at night just to cry. He feels uncomfortable! He is clingy, yes. Perhaps this is the result of me holding him often in the previous months to reshape his head.. Reaping what I sow.
Yesterday, it was only past nine in the morning, yet I felt tired. Who wouldn't if you lack sleep for days? I was too lazy to move, even to prepare my lunch.
Though I managed to cook rice and just have canned tuna for Viand, I wasn't done eating yet; I heard Caleb crying in our bedroom 😫. That meant I didn't have enough sleep and just wanted to be cuddled for a few minutes.
The rest of the day was spent caring for the little Boss. Thus the day was indeed tiring as he kept on being grumpy. I think it was because of his milk. I'd been trying to change from Similac tummy care to Similac gain. Why? It was too expensive. I know it is costly, but I didn't think that much. My naive part thought other milk might be more expensive, like S26 Gold 🤣. We are in the transition stage, and I hope it will succeed.
When he finally slept, I was thinking of buying a cup of milk tea.
No, don't place an order, Les. That's too expensive! Says the stingy part of me. Macao milk tea could cost me up to $5, including the delivery charge.
This will do. I saw a powdered tea the husband bought for me, so I made my Tea and put some cube ice in it. But before I could enjoy a sip, Caleb woke up! Yes, he only slept about 30 minutes!
Well, it's five in the afternoon, so I might eat dinner while he is enjoying his walker. BUT the audacity of this fly to lay her eggs in my rice! I don't know how she managed to get inside the rice cooker!
That me, I ended up eating biscuits instead. I had some instant noodles and pancit canton but was too drained to cook. All I wanted was to lie down in bed and rest! Thus, currently, this is just a dream; of course, I woke up from time to time to feed my baby or soothe him back to sleep. Ahh, how long the teething stage is?
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