ahhh . . .sleep

For the first time since the baby was born, I have slept for 7 hours, pretty much straight. My mom spent the night for the past 2 days because my husband had to go out of town. She glady got up and fed the baby every 2 hours, while I slept and then left for work.

I went back to work this week, but I have a schedule that enables me to gradually get back into the natural pace of things. The Filipina pediatrician I'm shadowing has short clinic hours and then, on other days, I have my own clinic. Since I didn't have a schedule till this week, many of the patients I saw were not my own. That could have slowed me down, but I found i'm back to seeing ~ 12 patients a half day.

I am glad to be back seeing patients, but I do miss the baby during the day. I'm also wondering if I'm becoming a stranger to him. Does he know I'm his mommy?