Beco Carrier Arrives!

Downs

  • Calvin woke up at 1:30am last night and cried for a while but he did eventually go back to sleep so it could have been much worse.

Ups

  • Calvin went to daycare today! It was so nice to be able to concentrate on my work instead of juggling Calvin on one hip while I tried to talk on the phone and answer email.
  • I got my Beco baby carrier today. I’m flabbergasted by how much more comfortable it is than the Bjorn. Originally, I bought the Bjorn because it was the best carrier that Babies ‘R Us carried. I specifically went to Babies ‘R Us because I wanted to be able to try baby carriers on in-person but they had a fairly inferior selection available.
  • Since I was trying to work yesterday while taking care of Calvin, I sacrificed my weekly money time to work during Calvin’s nap. Today, I tried to play catch-up and successfully got all my receipts entered and a modest bit of exercise (not at the same time).

Cute Calvin Moment

  • Calvin refused to take a nap in his crib today. He didn’t cry but muttered for about 40 minutes while I worked on receipts. Finally, I gave up and took him out for a walk during which he fell asleep. In a way this was good as I got more exercise than I would have otherwise. Anyway, as I was bundling him up in the stroller, he had this really cute expression of happiness on his face, presumably because I was finally paying attention to him.

Simplification

  • I cleaned out one of my kitchen shelves and relegated a lot of stuff, such as my yogurt maker, to basement storage. I’m not entirely convinced I should keep my yogurt maker but I have a suspicion that once Calvin is school-age I might start doing more kitchen stuff again.