Timeout from motherhood

Ahh... the serenity of having time to myself!

Over the past month or so, Madison seems to have been able to drop her morning nap, staying awake till her afternoon one, which has since been brought earlier to around noon or so. Initially that posed a problem for me because up till then I'd still been putting her down for her naps. With an earlier naptime I would not be able to do so everyday because of work. Fortunately by necessity, my second in commands, Maria and Warni have been able to get her to sleep somehow or other!

Which brings me to my topic. Me time. Something that I've missed for the past year. And now that it is possible I savour every minute of it! It's not that I'm doing anything special; rather the converse is true... I get to DO NOTHING. Surf the net. Go to the gym without feeling guilty. Have a nice sit down lunch with friends. With myself. Go shopping. And I think it's healthier for Madison to spend time away from me a few hours a day. Let someone else do the parenting for a little while.

So now I am sitting at the Singapore Swimming Club, surfing the net and writing in this blog, after being at work earlier on. It's raining and the weather is cool, a nice change from the mugginess of the previous day.

I hope this will last, but with Geok's baby on the way, I'm not sure the serenity will be for much longer. The Novena house will get noisy and busy, so I'm not too confident her napping will not be affected. We'll see. But maybe I should let her get used to sleeping in a noisy household?

Something I never realized pre-baby: things are always in a flux. Change is always close by and the most important thing is to be flexible. Not to plan too far ahead. Something a little hard for me to get used to but I am learning. I suppose it makes life interesting.