Whilst I've never regretted deciding to do my teacher training year and have a baby at the same time, there are times when I think that I'd rather be doing one or the other. However, this last week has not been one of those times. In part it's because I'm on Easter break so the pressures on my time from work has been minimal and in part it's because Kelsey is at work so I've been playing at being a stay at home dad.
It's amazing how time can slowly dribble through your fingers when you're at home with a baby. Jake is roughly on an awake for 3 hours, asleep for 1 or 2 schedule, so you get used to living your life in short little blocks. By the time that you've looked out of the window, played with the blind, had a yoghurt and thrown some blocks on the floor, an hour has easily slipped by.
However, whilst it's tempting to spend the whole day gently pottering around the house, I like to Jake on adventures, such as a shopping trip, going for a run or meeting people for a coffee. This generally involves 10 minutes of screaming as I put him in his outdoor clothes, a promise that if it ever gets warm, I'll dress him in jeans and a t-shirt and then stuffing him into a pram or car seat. As soon as we start to move, and often as soon as we step outside, he's calm and gurgly, and puts on what I call his adventure face, where it looks like he's gritting his teeth (all 4 of them now!) into the wind.
It's a very peaceful time, and being able to spend his naptimes completely self-indulgently by reading, doing crosswords and writing is a rare luxury. Combined with spending time making him giggle, the thought of returning to next week doesn't seem like as much fun as before.
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