This week was the first week of my mat leave (well, sort of, I’ve got 2 weeks of holidays/days owed, so ‘technically’ my mat leave does not start until November 13). It was a good week, though still fairly busy.
We transitioned the boys to a new school (we had promised them they could stay at their old school until the end of October). There were farewell parties at the old school and registration at the new school. Things are going well with the transition. We thought it might be difficult for our oldest boy (change is not easy for him), but he seems to be adjusting. I think it is helping that I am home, so he can come home for lunch and he can come home once school’s out for the day instead of having to stay at an after school program.
Wednesday was full of appointments and other engagements. I saw my doctor – the baby’s head is down and ready to go any day now; I’m less than 10 days from my due date (November 14). But nothing is happening so far – no braxton-hicks or false labour.Â
My husband and I were contemplating why my first two boys were late and I had to be induced. Here’s our theory: Boy #1> he doesn’t like change, so he would rather have stayed in the womb. Boy #2> he doesn’t like to work; going through labour and delivery is work, and then once outside the womb, he’d have to work to get food rather than being fed through the umbilical cord, so he would have rather stayed where he was.
On Thursday, a good friend came over and helped me do some sorting and unpacking. On Friday, I spent the morning with CWG’s wife, and had hot chocolate and snacks waiting for the kids when they came home from school in the afternoon. That was fun.
 I’m enjoying staying at home. There’s things like having snacks for the kids when they get home and stuff that I never could do before.  People who are stay-at-home moms might take these things for granted, but when you’ve been working full time for several years, these things, though simple, mean a lot.Â