From the Nikki McClure Calendar

Another month has gone by. Whooosh!

Henry and I have been doing well. Thank goodness I formed so many strong friendships with the women from my prenatal yoga class. We all get together for a monthly brunch, and we plan other events throughout the month. Further, I get together with two women and their babies every single Tuesday for a walk, talk, and lunch. I think I might go insane if I were a stay-at-home-mom without that kind of outlet. Honestly, I am not much of a baby person (although I love you dearly, Henry, and you shouldn’t take it personally!).

Since Henry was two

From the Nikki McClure Calendar

I look forward to this monthly ritual of reflection. I am much more likely to follow-through with my intentions when I have this system in place for holding myself accountable.

Let’s see how I did last month:

• Savor my time with my son, Henry, despite the difficult parts: Yes! We are having lots of fun. We have weekly play dates with friends and this month we are going to start swimming!
• Send printed photos to the grandparents, like I promised to do every month for their Christmas presents last year: I’m going to go do this right now, and then come back to finish this

From the Nikki McClure Calendar

What a month! I seriously can’t believe Henry was born in February (granted, it was the last day of February) and now it’s already April. I’m going to have to gobble up all of this infant time while I have it!

Here were my intentions for March:

• Heal, heal, heal! I did a really good job of this for the first three weeks, but then I started to push it by walking Henry to sleep too much. My midwife advises against a lot of walking until the bleeding stops because too much exertion can cause the wound to keep opening. I’ve started swaying him to