New Mom Back-to-Work Checklist

I'm about 1/3 through my checklist of things to do before going back to work (and I haven't even sat down to write a proper list - I know there are things I'm leaving off this one!)

• Nanny - Found, liked, tested, & contract signed - DONE

We found a wonderful Tibetan Nepali nanny, Yangchen, on Craigslist. She speaks Hindi, Nepali, and Tibetan; is super-sweet, loving, and competent in caring for Deven. She has cared for twins before, so 'gets' how to handle 2 babies - which she'll need to do starting this fall.

• Nanny-share-partners - Found & verbally agreed - DONE

Since Nannies cost so much here, we've found a nice couple who live just 2 blocks away, Amie & Dave; their 1st baby (boy) is due any day now, and they'd like to have their little guy join in October/November this year. That'll be great for us, because Yangchen can then focus exclusively on each individual baby.

• Corporate Haircut - DONE

New Mom Kate got a Corporate Mom Haircut yesterday - I love it! I'd had long hair for about a year recently (they say pregnancy gives you good hair; they're right) - but long-term, I like my hair better short - it always looked stringy when long; and I was wearing it in a ponytail every day. I love the new cut...and after some time, Yogesh does too...and so does Deven!

• Wills, Trusts, Life Insurance - Almost DONE

We got the wills done; named our successors, trustees, all that jazz - and have applied for Life Insurance - but haven't organized our own paperwork enough to get physicals or send my sis Heather a copy of anything useful yet!

• Photos & videos sent to Daada & Daadi

Um, in process. At least I'm uploading / storing them all here for the viewing pleasure of whoever's still reading this Blog. :-)

• Yogesh's mom here to help raise Deven - In process.

Mama (or, Deven's Daadi) will come here in August to be with Deven and Yangchen (and the little boy of Amie & Dave's, who's probably being born right now). I'm really glad she'll be here, because I'm already suffering from Mommy-Working-Guilt. Sigh.

• Maternity Clothes - Put away

Um...yeah; still need to get to that.

• Office Bedroom Cleaned

Um...yeah, again, um...

• Pre-pregnancy weight achieved - Um...not even close!

Well, I'm closer - but still can't fit into any of my nice work pants. Still have ~ 20 lbs to go to fit into them properly. Can't miss another day of Baby Boot Camp!

• Deven getting cuter - DONE.

Who likes the photo of Yogesh & Deven here? Super-cute, eh? This one makes the Mommy Guilt all that much harder. I won't go into it now, but it is infuriating that the U.S. is the only developed country without a decent maternity leave law. California is OK - and I do love my job - but it stinks that I have to leave the little guy right when he's becoming so darned cute I almost can't stand it. Sigh.

• Deven looking more like me - DONE.

You may recall that I was sort of upset when Deven was born, that he looked precisely like Yogesh and not at all like me / my family. Well, I was changing him yesterday, and Deven looked just like my Uncle Helly! Hard to say how, but the change was there...