Baby Boy turned 17 months old yesterday. He is a proper little boy, no longer a baby (although will forever be MY baby). It’s been almost a month since he started attending nursery for longer periods – staying for lunch, a nap and teatime, before being picked up at 4 pm. That’s a whole 6-hour stay!! There are no more tears in the morning and lots of laughter when leaving later in the day. All this development is giving D and I comfort that when I begin my new job in August, Baby Boy will be well adjusted at the nursery. Of course this does not in any way eliminate my guilt of leaving my baby for those long hours. I know that going back to work is the right thing to do – not only for myself but also for our family. And deep down I do believe that in some way it is a good thing for Baby Boy to gain his independence. But, the guilt is still there and I suppose will always be there. Although for the first month on the job I have been given flexibility regarding my work hours (at least till the new school year starts in mid September), I think there will be less time to spend on chores at home. Even with the help of D (who is working fulltime) and myself not working at the moment, it still took me a looooong time to unpack the boxes from our move in March. OK, I admit procrastination has been my friend for sometime. Anyway, since we both will be working fulltime soon, I am looking for efficient ways to keep our home life with good healthy home cooking, clean floors, laundered clothes, well-stock fridge and in the meantime having quality family time. So if any of you working families have tips for me, please do share!!
As a part of my ‘quick tip’ for healthy food, I decided to whip up a batch of spinach pesto. Baby Boy loves pesto, but he doesn’t like spinach (although he did gobble up our friend, F’s (twins’ mommy), home made spinach torta — but after that he refused any attempt of mine to feed him spinach). So I thought the best way to get him to eat spinach is to ‘hide’ it in a pesto. I followed the basic pesto recipe (you can find it online) and added a handful of spinach. Then I froze them in ice cube trays. Once they’re set, take them out and store them in ziplock bags in the freezer. I’ll report back with the results.
Great idea re spinach. I wonder if it would also work with zucchini. That’s the vegetable that the Bambina likes the least.
Don’t you dare feel guilty about leaving your boy in the nursery. Six hours is absolutely fine. I don’t work outside the home and the Bambina still goes to the nursery until 1530 every day. I used to pick her up at 1300 but then when I got her home, she would refuse to take a nap (mommy is obviously much more of a pushover than the educatrice at the nursery).
Thanks for dropping by Caroline. After a couple of tries, Baby Boy seem to have accepted that the spinach pesto is actually edible … pheww..Good idea with the zucchini. I might try broccoli as well.
Thank goodness Baby Boy is adjusting really well at the nursery. Guilt..guilt..go away!!!