Nathan is now over three weeks old, and things are _starting_ to settle down just a bit. My life seems to have lost all sense of routine - I have no idea what time I will be able to eat breakfast or lunch (or even whether I'll get a chance to have them at all). Day time can either be a case of feeding Nathan a couple of times in the morning before he has an afternoon nap of at least a couple of hours, followed by near constant feeding and attention seeking before bedtime, or it's a case of constant feeding + attention for most of the day. One way to get him to sleep a bit is to pop out to a shop - we did Sainsburys for the first time yesterday and made use of their fabulous baby car seat-friendly trolleys, and he slept through the entire ordeal. We also walked to the post box yesterday - well, I walked, Nathan was carried in a Bjorn baby carrier, and he seemed to enjoy that too. Night times go pretty well if he gets enough food before bedtime, and we've even managed a couple of nights with about 5 hours of solid sleep before he wakes and needs a feed + nappy change.
One of the best things that I can recommend to any new parent is a Sky+ box. While sitting in front of the telly, if Nathan needs attention, starts crying, or needs another nappy change, I can just pause the TV and come back and finish watching it later. I can also record any of the shows on late at night and watch them during the day when I have a bit more time, but I think the best feature is the live pause.
I'm very much hoping to get back to the gym this weekend and start fighting to get rid of the extra weight I've put on. They say it's something like 9 months on, 9 months off, but personally, I'd like it to be gone sooner than that if possible, if only because my wardrobe is a bit limited in this size! When I lost weight before, I made a point of giving away old clothes to charity. I kept just some of the larger stuff, and thank goodness I did since I have two pairs of jeans that fit me and about five tops, but I have significantly more clothes in just one size smaller, so if I can get into those by the summer, then I won't need to go shopping for a while. Getting to the gym before was always tricky to fit round my work life - now I have to fit it round Nathan. Thankfully, James should be able to keep him occupied for the odd hour here and there!