Taking a break

Our little household has had the good fortune this month of having the kids' British grandparents staying with us. They haven't seen Little Jack since October 2009, and had never met Baby Amy. We spent three weeks cramming in as much intensive Quality Time as possible, and I took advantage of the chance to stretch my wings as much as possible while still being responsible for a fully breastfed baby. It's hard adjusting back to not having those extra pairs of hands around and not being able to pop out for half an hour on my own.


Now that the in-laws have flown back home I've got my sewing room back. I've been looking forward to jumping back into my business and getting my cushion production line chugging again, but...

I'm feeling really run down.

I'm applying for jobs so we can buy a house later this year.

I'm trying to teach Amy to take a bottle so that when I get a job I don't have to hide her in a filing cabinet drawer, and she despises bottles.

Also trying to increase Amy's intake of solids as her MCHN visit last week revealed she's dropped from 25th percentile for weight, which she's been since birth, to 5th.

I'm doing a lot of work on Jack's delayed speech development following his first speech therapy appointment about two weeks ago. Completely changing the way I talk to him is hard.

And every time I open my business email I cross my fingers that I won't have any orders because I just don't want to.

So I'm taking a break from Mrs Beckinsale. I've put my Made It shop in holiday mode. Olive Grove has a good stock of W Class Cushions so I should get away without restocking for a few weeks. Apart from the winner of my Japan fundraising auction (the same winner as my Queensland fundraiser! She's keen!) I won't be making any cushions until May. The most important element in getting the business going again will be if and when I start a new job, because the family is going to need time to adjust to new routines and childcare and trying to get Amy sleeping through the night again...

I'm so happy to be taking a break. It won't necessarily be a break from blogging - not that I've had much time for blogging anyway since Little Miss Roxy arrived six months ago today. We'll see.