Brace yourself, this post is allover the place!
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My birthday was good in that we spent the evening together as a family – which is all I truly wanted. But, Mr. MPB forgot to get cake, so I’ve decided I get cake on the weekend. Because what’s a birthday without cake?! But somehow my birthday and Little MPB becoming a toddler almost overnight has me thinking about how precious these moments are because soon daycare, school, girls (or boys), sporting teams, etc. will limit our family time. These moments really are precious, eh? I feel my desire for a second child ramping up, only to be reminded of our reality.
As an aside, since no-one knew the answer about kids and sushi I thought I’d share what we’ve been able to find. We asked our family doctor and a friend who is an ER doctor. Both did research and came back with the same answers – there are no rules or even suggestions. But they do recognize that in different cultures other then ours, kids are probably eating sushi at a young age. But given where we live and the lack of truly fresh fish, neither of them would feed their own children raw fish at this age.
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This week is kicking me in the butt. I’m seriously desperate for Saturday/Sunday. The lack of sleep that comes along with teething is always a challenge for me. But to complicate things, Mr. MPB is sick (but I’m healthy, yay) and I’ve been away with work way too much these last few weeks, and the next few weeks do not look any better.
Even though we’ve managed not to book up our weekends in the last few months, we were away last weekend and the teething situation has just worn us down. I think we are all feeling a little exhausted. Even the dog is tired. But I do not see downtime anytime soon in our future as March is going to be busy for us – new daycare routine, my work, Mr. MPB’s work, I’m in a course 2 weekends this month, etc. We’ll survive, I’m sure, but it’s just going to be busier then we’d like.
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But, in good news, Little MPB’s horrible @!*& tooth finally came through!! Now, we just have 1 tooth left that will probably arrive soonish and then the 2 year molars. How does this kid already have 15 teeth?! He only had 8 at the start of 2017!!! Now that the $*@& tooth is through, we just need to get him back onto a normal sleep routine, which hopefully will only take a night or two.
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Today is our nanny’s last day with us. I’m devastated to be saying goodbye to her. I know it’s not goodbye forever, as she will still babysit Little MPB and she also dog sits for us from time to time.
But even though I’ve known it’s coming and we’ve even been doing trial daycare days, no matter how I think about this, it’s a big change.
It’s a big change for Little MPB, yet he doesn’t even really understand the importance of today and what tomorrow will bring.
It’s a big change for Mr. MPB and I. From a purely practical perspective we now have to drive Little MPB to daycare on a daily basis, which will be an annoyance since we both work from home and we have to find time to walk our dog again, as our nanny will no longer be doing that with Little MPB everyday. Clearly, this change will force us to find a new daily groove. And I fully expect there to be some growing pains as we find that new groove.
And, more importantly, from an emotional perspective, our son is taking his first real steps into the world, and away from our nearly constant watchful eyes. He doesn’t even realize it, but he is saying goodbye to his daily routine that he has known for almost his entire life. And, he’s saying goodbye to daily visits with his best friend, his nanny.
Ultimately, I know he will be okay, I know he enjoys the daycare and he really enjoys playing with the other children. I truly suspect that in time, he’ll fall into his new routine and he’ll look forward to daycare days.
And so, I’m trying to focus on being excited for him. I truly believe he is going to have fun and learn so much everyday! But, my heart is heavy as my little boy is growing up. I know this first pales in comparison to other firsts that he will experience in the future. But, today, right now, this first feels like a momentous first.
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