radchik77

For the first time since Jake was born...my husband didn't have to work today. And I decided to come in to work, alone....

I didn't have to pack the diaper bag with bibs and burp cloths and extra clothes. I didn't have to give Jake his apples this morning and have them raspberried all over my clothes and face. I didn't have to bundle him up. I didn't have to buckle him down in his carseat. There was no hauling of bags/strollers/carseats this morning....no packing them in the...

For over a year now, I've been the home-body. The designated driver. I was pregnant in 9/06 only to miscarry in 10/06. Then pregnant again 12/06....had Jakob Lee in 8/07. I am currently nursing...so I'm not away from the baby for more than an hour or two at a time. I'm working, but only a fraction of what I used to do. My life has changed...turned a 180. I went from earning more $ than my husband to a coupon clipper with a boob hanging out 1/2 the day.

My husband is at a Chicago...