2 months

After two months, things are starting to settle down a bit. I'm feeling a bit more in control, I've worked out how to pick Will up without dropping him. I feel like I've sort of, maybe, a little bit, kind of, got this under control. 

We have changed things around a little bit in the bedroom. Furniture. We moved the furniture. We have moved out my bedside table and put the bassinet beside my head and I park (9 years in and I still don't know if that's the right word) my chair facing the bassinet. It means I have to turn around on the bed, but I'm closer to where I need to be. 

I learned pretty quickly to always bring a spare nappy or two and wipes to bed. I also bring some of my chair cover/waterproof mats, which are the perfect size for a small baby, so when he wees from a cold bum in the middle of the night, it doesn't go all over the doona! 

The original plan was that I'd feed, then Tim would do the nappy changes overnight. After a couple of weeks though, he was become harder and harder to wake, so I just do the changes too. 

Remember how I had had to borrow a truck-sized wheelchair to get me through my last few weeks? Well a couple of weeks post-birth we were able to return that and I was able to get into my farm chair. My farm chair is my original post-rehab chair and 5.5cm wider than my usual chair. Still wide, but only a small, short truck. I don't think I've been so happy to see that chair since I first got it! It was like a zippy little sports car! It also means that I can drive again (after my 6 weeks post Caesarean of course) because I can get that one in and out of the car myself. 

Driving means getting Will in and out of the car by myself too. We have a capsule, which weighs a couple of kilograms, plus the 4kg he weighs... Well it has taken a bit of practice, but I think I've worked it out. most of the time I can get him in and out without much trouble. It looks awful and I wouldn't try it without him strapped in properly, but I can do it! Freedom!!!! 

The first time I went into town by myself, it took me six minutes to get us both out of the car. Well, that gave us something to improve on, and we did. I played around to start with, to see if it was easier to get him out of the car in the capsule, or to get into the back seat, then get him out with me, then me into my chair, then pick him up. It was a long-winded as it sounds. Once I worked out the right technique for the capsule, it was heaps quicker and easier. The other great thing about the capsule is that he will stay asleep when I'm getting him in and out of the car. 

Most of the time I use the pram, but I do use the baby bjorn carrier sometimes, like if I'm doing a big shop at the supermarket. All those trips with my basketball chair has prepared me for pushing a pram though- I find it so easy! We zoom around! 

All rugged up, ready to go see the cows

One of the logistics I hadn't quite worked out in my head, was my morning bathroom routine. At this stage, it has been really easy, I just go while he sleeps. So while that lasts, I'll take it!