New Years Resolutions Updated
It's been four months since I made my New Years Resolutions. How am I doing on them? Well, not so great but maybe writing down my lack of progress will help me re-focus my energies.
I definitely have not lost any weight or started any regular exercise regime. When we had some nicer weather, I was out walking with the baby on almost a daily basis. I try to walk 30 minutes with him, but it's not the type of workout that I really break a sweat in. I figure some exercise is better than no exercise at all. I guess I know that I am still not ready to leave him with child care at a gym. For one, the gym that is nearby has not made me a huge fan. I took a Zumba class there and although I liked the class itself, I have tried to call and call because I forgot my log-in and password for signing up for future events. I have tried to email two different times. I have talked to the same man on the phone twice and I can tell that he is frustrated that he can't help me. He took a message and said that someone would call me back soon-no call ever came. When I called on the weekend, I think I got a more computer savvy person to answer the phone but she also gave me an incorrect answer and said to call back if what she told me didn't work and we would have to call IT. This has not made me ready to leave my almost 11 month old with complete strangers when I know just when visitors come to the house to visit and meet him that he reacts to strangers typically with aversion when they first arrive. I also have not tried to find babysitters. At the moment, it's not a big deal since family has come to visit and they are my temporary babysitters and I know that permanent babysitters (aka grandparents) will be on the way as soon as houses are sold. And I am just relishing every moment I can with my ever-changing son. He has a Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Home. I remember when I got the home from Craigslist around his six month birthday and he laughed when I opened a window and a dog barking came out as a sound. He didn't really play with the toy a whole lot at that time, but now that he's older, he climbs on top of a little platform and turns a round circle that has the sun and moon on it. He also rings the doorbell (which lights up a light), he crawls through a doorway of the home, he opens the mailbox, and just yesterday I showed him how to open the window. Earlier this week we got some video footage when he pressed a button on the radio and I was slapping my hands on my knees singing the alphabet song to the beat and he was trying to imitate me by bouncing on his knees and flapping his arms about. And today when I was playing with him, he remembered how to open and close the window from what I taught him yesterday. It's so amazing to watch these changes right before your eyes. There are so many things that make him laugh one moment and the next time the same thing repeats itself, he may or may not laugh.
I continue to work on time for myself. I can re-call at least one bubble bath that I took this year while my husband watched the baby. I got my hair and toes done (see previous post). I actually finished a book-it only took me three or four months to read "Eat, Pray, Love" in what is really a quick read. There was one day that I ran errands while my husband watched the baby. I went out to dinner with my sister.
I continue to work on relationships. I try to do at least one mom play date a week. Next week there are already two baby activities out of the norm. I signed up for baby story time at the local library and also signed up for a Diaper Derby. There is also a moms meeting for a first time moms group that I belong to next week. I also reached out to a mom-to-be and ended up meeting two new mom to be's and one mom that I had met previously. It's good for me to have adult interaction, good for my son to be around others (both adults and children), and it's good to get out of the house. At the park play date, the mom to be brought her dog and Nathan loved the dog. He kept laughing at the dog and was pulling on his fine hairs near his nose. The dog started to growl at my son and I immediately wanted to jump in and protect him from being bitten and all my son did was laugh. He has no fear of this growling creature and the mom-to-be said that the dog was trying to play with him and that's how he shows that he wants to play. (The dog's definition of play is to jump on top of the person he's growling at, so the mom quickly grabbed the dog). Yet when introduced for grass for the first time, my son was afraid of the texture the first time.
All in all, I am trying my best. I have a lot of work to be done and I know that I would feel a thousand times better if I could just make myself exercise and could start losing weight. I saw a video that we shot of Nathan the first time he was in grass and I couldn't believe how horrible I looked in the camera. The camera does not lie, though. It's good motivation.
I definitely have not lost any weight or started any regular exercise regime. When we had some nicer weather, I was out walking with the baby on almost a daily basis. I try to walk 30 minutes with him, but it's not the type of workout that I really break a sweat in. I figure some exercise is better than no exercise at all. I guess I know that I am still not ready to leave him with child care at a gym. For one, the gym that is nearby has not made me a huge fan. I took a Zumba class there and although I liked the class itself, I have tried to call and call because I forgot my log-in and password for signing up for future events. I have tried to email two different times. I have talked to the same man on the phone twice and I can tell that he is frustrated that he can't help me. He took a message and said that someone would call me back soon-no call ever came. When I called on the weekend, I think I got a more computer savvy person to answer the phone but she also gave me an incorrect answer and said to call back if what she told me didn't work and we would have to call IT. This has not made me ready to leave my almost 11 month old with complete strangers when I know just when visitors come to the house to visit and meet him that he reacts to strangers typically with aversion when they first arrive. I also have not tried to find babysitters. At the moment, it's not a big deal since family has come to visit and they are my temporary babysitters and I know that permanent babysitters (aka grandparents) will be on the way as soon as houses are sold. And I am just relishing every moment I can with my ever-changing son. He has a Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Home. I remember when I got the home from Craigslist around his six month birthday and he laughed when I opened a window and a dog barking came out as a sound. He didn't really play with the toy a whole lot at that time, but now that he's older, he climbs on top of a little platform and turns a round circle that has the sun and moon on it. He also rings the doorbell (which lights up a light), he crawls through a doorway of the home, he opens the mailbox, and just yesterday I showed him how to open the window. Earlier this week we got some video footage when he pressed a button on the radio and I was slapping my hands on my knees singing the alphabet song to the beat and he was trying to imitate me by bouncing on his knees and flapping his arms about. And today when I was playing with him, he remembered how to open and close the window from what I taught him yesterday. It's so amazing to watch these changes right before your eyes. There are so many things that make him laugh one moment and the next time the same thing repeats itself, he may or may not laugh.
I continue to work on time for myself. I can re-call at least one bubble bath that I took this year while my husband watched the baby. I got my hair and toes done (see previous post). I actually finished a book-it only took me three or four months to read "Eat, Pray, Love" in what is really a quick read. There was one day that I ran errands while my husband watched the baby. I went out to dinner with my sister.
I continue to work on relationships. I try to do at least one mom play date a week. Next week there are already two baby activities out of the norm. I signed up for baby story time at the local library and also signed up for a Diaper Derby. There is also a moms meeting for a first time moms group that I belong to next week. I also reached out to a mom-to-be and ended up meeting two new mom to be's and one mom that I had met previously. It's good for me to have adult interaction, good for my son to be around others (both adults and children), and it's good to get out of the house. At the park play date, the mom to be brought her dog and Nathan loved the dog. He kept laughing at the dog and was pulling on his fine hairs near his nose. The dog started to growl at my son and I immediately wanted to jump in and protect him from being bitten and all my son did was laugh. He has no fear of this growling creature and the mom-to-be said that the dog was trying to play with him and that's how he shows that he wants to play. (The dog's definition of play is to jump on top of the person he's growling at, so the mom quickly grabbed the dog). Yet when introduced for grass for the first time, my son was afraid of the texture the first time.
All in all, I am trying my best. I have a lot of work to be done and I know that I would feel a thousand times better if I could just make myself exercise and could start losing weight. I saw a video that we shot of Nathan the first time he was in grass and I couldn't believe how horrible I looked in the camera. The camera does not lie, though. It's good motivation.
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