{"id":1288,"date":"2008-12-31T07:25:09","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T15:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2008-12-31T07:25:09","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T15:25:09","slug":"planning-more-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/planning-more-for-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning More for the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I posted a while back about my goals for 2009<\/a>. I like to think they’re pretty achievable, but of course there’s one big complication:<\/p>\n

Planning around baby.<\/p>\n

That’s going to be roughest in the early months of the year. You don’t want to know how very tired I get right now. It’s hard to get work done consistently at the moment. I know quite well that I’m unfocused and tired.<\/p>\n

This will of course be getting worse as my due date approaches, and then as I get still less sleep after she’s born.<\/p>\n

Ideally, of course, I’ll go into natural labor and be home in a couple days. But since I had a C-section last time I do have to face the reality that I may be stuck with one again. That’s a much more difficult recovery, as I remember it, as well as more painful.<\/p>\n

This means I have to think about making realistic goals just for the early parts of the year when I’m too tired to accomplish much.<\/p>\n

In January, that means getting things ready for when I go into labor, and the early, exhausted days following. While working at home means I don’t need to take 6 weeks of maternity leave, taking things easy for the first few weeks is only smart.<\/p>\n

At the same time, stopping all efforts is not what I want to do.<\/p>\n

This makes the big January goal to prewrite some blog posts. Topics that I can just have saved, and hit publish when I need them to go out. This kind of thing keeps it looking as though I’m chugging along, while I focus on what’s really important at that point in my life.<\/p>\n

And that’s not just posting cute baby pictures!<\/p>\n

February, along with any part of January that may get caught up in having the baby (due date is Feb 3, so I do have to consider this), will be whatever work I can stand to do, while being there for all 3 kids. It’s the initial adjustment period, and I know my son in particular will be adjusting.<\/p>\n

Besides, he has a February birthday also, although it’s later in the month.<\/p>\n

By March, I hope to be getting somewhat back to normal… whatever the new normal happens to be. Won’t be the same, of course. But I would sure like to be getting the fuzz out of my head and my focus back.<\/p>\n

We already have the office setup planned so baby can be near me even when I do work, and to protect her from all the little toys the older two leave around. Just a nice play area where only baby toys will be allowed, I or someone else can sit and play with her, and just have her near me. Beyond just when she’s nursing and I’m typing one handed, that is.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see how things work out. The thought of being the mom of 3 is pretty overwhelming in some ways, especially when I add in trying to keep running my business without going completely insane. But I love what I do and I love my family, so I have no doubts that I will manage it all somehow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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