I’ve got two {little} goals for the day: one personal and one Henry-related. Little goals are all you can accomplish when you’re in charge of a three-week old!
My personal goal is DRINK WATER. I am normally pretty good about hydrating – thanks to my Florida roots – but I’ve totally fallen off the water wagon. This is really not the time to be skimping on my water intake.
My Henry goal is to figure out his natural schedule; I’ve been tracking it for a few days. I’m not keen on doing a parent-driven schedule or a baby-driven schedule but a combination of the two (i.e. I’ll be able to say, “Okay, it’s naptime because I said so,†as well as “You seem hungry even though it’s not ‘time’ to eat; let’s eat!â€). I figure the first step is identifying what he does naturally. We’ve been in survival mode, just responding to his needs, and I haven’t paid a ton of attention to when he naps or for how long.
All I know so far for sure is that he sleeps most of the morning and is up all afternoon. Better finish this post very soon! 
Other Henry-related news:
I broke down and moved the glider from the nursery to the downstairs living room. I had been nursing him on the couch at night, and yesterday, I found out that I had FOUR bones out of my place in my neck (my father-in-law is a chiropractor). Um – that (plus the lack of water) probably explains my killer headache for the last two days.
The glider doesn’t go with the décor but anything is better than neck pain!
I also made a diaper change basket so we don’t have to trudge all the way upstairs for dirty diapers. We had been keeping diaper supplies in a plastic bag under the couch, but this is a little nicer.
Thanks to my Henry-tracking, I know that he usually takes a long nap mid-morning. That meant I had time to make this delicious lunch.
Yum. Pumped-up Mac ‘N Cheese.
I took half a box of macaroni and cheese and added in stir-fried veggies and white kidney beans. It was really tasty and hearty. Mac and cheese is one of those meals that I think are so tasty but don’t ever satisfy my hunger. This did the trick!
The veggie mix was a pre-chopped kind from Trader Joe’s:
Like I said… Yum.
What’s your {little or big} goal for the day?
Getting through my late workday (11-7) to get to the day off tomorrow! 🙂