First 2 days back at work

Well I must admit. I did not turn into the blubbering fool that I thought I would when I left Karli to go to work yesterday. It might have been because Randall was keeping her. I did good. He called me to check on me before I was able to call him to check on her. My day was okay. I fell right back into the routine of things, however I was kicked out of everything. All of our charting software, the medication and supply pyxis. So I spent over half the morning on the phone with tech support getting myself put back into everything.
Today went just as good. I was a little nervous because of having to get myself and Karli going this morning and dropping her off at my Mom's but all went well. I was actually early to work yesterday and today...(that doesn't happen often) Karli did really well both days. She is totally on schedule and eating 3 oz of ebm(expressed breastmilk) by bottle without any issues. Since she hardly ever gets a bottle, I was not sure of what volume to leave, so for now we are set.

Back to Work this week..YUCK!! and possible changes

Well my maternity leave is officially over this Thursday. What stinks is while it has been 12 weeks, Karli won't be 3 months old until the 26th.
I am very Blessed that I won't have to put Karli into daycare. Randall will keep her 2 days a week, and the grandmothers will take the other 2 days. I feel very lucky to only have to work 4 days a week, the downside, as a nurse I have to work every other weekend, the upside, I get longer stretches off without missing time and I still accrue sick and vacation time.
Randall also has to do shift bid this week(every 6 months they have the option of changing shifts based on senority). There is a possibiliy that he may end up on DAYS!!! I cannot even begin to tell you how great that would be. He has been on nights since we got married, so it would be so nice to sleep like a normal couple. Plus I have lived the sleeping like a vampire life and once you get on days, it is so much better.

Babies and Daily Schedules

I am so thankful that I got Karli on a schedule at an early age. I know that some people say that schedules aren't good for breastfed babies, but when that breastfed baby is forced onto a schedule because of an early arrival, then who am I to try and change it. Well I did change it but only to fit my routine. When Karli came home from the hospital she was eating every 4 hours like clockwork, no keep in mind that once I got her home, I started nursing instead of pumping all the time. Sometimes she would nurse more often, but not everyday.
I am happy to report that we are officially sleeping at least 6 hours if not longer at night. She is a little bit of a night owl, as she doesn't fall asleep till around 10:30, but we always start the nightly routine at 8:30. Sometimes she goes to sleep a little earlier, but very rarely. I have noticed on the nights when daddy is home, she goes to bed a little earlier. I guess it is probably because she knows that I stay up late and therefore wants to stay up with me and my chat friends.. I have noticed this week that she is still asleep when I would normally be getting up for work, so it will be interesting to see how our routine changes once I have to start getting her up to take to the babysitters houses. Well enough of that rambling.