Happy 32nd to me!
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Best-Laid Plans
It's not what you think it is. The "best-laid plans" doesn't mean plans that have gone well. It actually means the opposite - the most carefully prepared plans may go wrong. It's not an apt title for this post since I would like to talk about how well I was able to successfully execute my plans. Reading about my blog post from the month of May: http://angmaestra.blogspot.com/2015/05/mommy-plans.html
I am glad that all three things fell into place. Here they are:
1) LEAVE
The university approved my application for a 6-month leave. I feel really lucky that I have such privilege. I can actually take a leave for a year if I want to, but of course, it's a leave without pay. I am dependent on my husband now, so I also feel blessed that he is supportive of my decision not to go back to work for awhile. I am sure that a lot of women would like to spend longer time with their newborn, but resort not to because they really have to work.
2) BREASTFEED
Even before my little boy was born, I had already made up my mind to exclusively breastfeed him for 6 months. So the leave approval is really such a blessing. If I had gone back to work after my maternity leave expired, I would definitely have a hard time pumping during daytime and breastfeeding him at night. It would be so exhausting. So, thanks to the leave approval, I don't need to pump because my son could have his milk anytime he wants.
3) SAYA CARRY
My husband bought a different carrier when he went shopping last time, but I badly wanted the SaYa baby wrap, so he bought me one last month. It's cheaper and easier to use.
So, there... the best-laid plans that turned out in its best way. Just a sort of trivia - the best laid plans comes from the poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns entitled To a Mouse:
It's where John Steinbeck fashioned his novel, Of Mice and Men, which incidentally is also the inspiration of this blog.
I am glad that all three things fell into place. Here they are:
1) LEAVE
The university approved my application for a 6-month leave. I feel really lucky that I have such privilege. I can actually take a leave for a year if I want to, but of course, it's a leave without pay. I am dependent on my husband now, so I also feel blessed that he is supportive of my decision not to go back to work for awhile. I am sure that a lot of women would like to spend longer time with their newborn, but resort not to because they really have to work.
2) BREASTFEED
Even before my little boy was born, I had already made up my mind to exclusively breastfeed him for 6 months. So the leave approval is really such a blessing. If I had gone back to work after my maternity leave expired, I would definitely have a hard time pumping during daytime and breastfeeding him at night. It would be so exhausting. So, thanks to the leave approval, I don't need to pump because my son could have his milk anytime he wants.
3) SAYA CARRY
My husband bought a different carrier when he went shopping last time, but I badly wanted the SaYa baby wrap, so he bought me one last month. It's cheaper and easier to use.
So, there... the best-laid plans that turned out in its best way. Just a sort of trivia - the best laid plans comes from the poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns entitled To a Mouse:
But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane [you aren't alone]
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley, [often go awry]
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promised joy.
It's where John Steinbeck fashioned his novel, Of Mice and Men, which incidentally is also the inspiration of this blog.
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