Two Week Notice

This is the last Friday I will be spending with my LO before heading back to work. As of next week she is in daycare 3 days and we continue our usual activities the other 2 days.

Tabula Rasa

"What we need,' Henry says, 'is a fresh start. A blank slate. Let's call her Tabula Rasa. "
Audrey Niffenegger. The Time Traveler's Wife

Fall has officially begun, and with that we have resumed our regular mommy-baby play date activities. Admittedly, when I started to participate in these groups last Winter I swore I would hate them. But, I have come around full circle and have grown to depend on them for my sanity as well as the LO’s socialization and development.

Sessions With Billie

"A semicolon is used when an author could’ve ended a sentence but chose not to.
You are the author and the sentence is your life."
Project Semicolon 

I had another session with Billie last week and it went really well. I cannot explain it, but sitting down to talk with her is just so comforting! I have friends who I have known for half my life that I don’t feel this comfortable talking to! She really seems to listen to what I have to say, understands what I really need, and gives excellent support and advice. I could talk to her for hours!

Therapy and Guilt

I had my first therapy session to help guide me through this PPD/PPA situation and it went really well. I liked the therapist right from the start so that is always a good sign! The only down side is that she looks exactly like the actress Billie Piper and there was a geeky Comiccon girl inside of me wanting to squeal and ask for her autograph the whole time… but hopefully this will pass!

Deeper Than The Baby Blues

“You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.” 

Dr. Phil 

A few weeks ago I confessed that I had been experiencing what we suspected to be the “Baby Blues” earlier on along with a heightened feeling of anxiety. And, while we thought the blues had passed shortly afterwards, they seem to have only gotten worse.

I do reasonably well when DH is home with me, and I believe that is what masked many of the symptoms until now as this is only his second week back to work.

Hello 2016!

“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one."

Brad Paisley