I am so tired. While the yaya is on vacation, the routine goes like this:

I wake up in the morning to do some mommy stuff. Then while Mikee is busy watching Hi-5, I’ll start working (I am now situated just right outside the bedroom door. This so I can see Mikee while I get the most signal that I can from the router.) After Mikee has gone fully awake from jumping while watching the show, I’ll give her a bath. After which, we’ll start watching Baby Einstein. This does not only help Mikee, but me, as well. You see, just this morning, I was so stressed with the workload and the demands. Thank goodness for the classical music I was hearing. It calmed my nerves. Well, somehow.

I try to teach Mikee some things. I want to maximize the time that we’re together. I talk to her in english while we “study”. (I know the yaya talks to her in tagalog, and that the yaya and maid talk in Visaya in front of Mikee so no wonder Mikee is so confused. )

After the maid is finished with her chores, only then she’ll get Mikee from me. But I bring Mikee with me after lunch. Lately, she gets cranky after lunchtime, a clear indication that she’s sleepy. (Sometimes, I think to myself, was it because the yaya was watching TV that Mikee couldn’t sleep as early as this? She used to sleep at 5pm onwards for her nap, again at 1am and wakes up at 10am. )

I really don’t want to talk about my work. What I can say is, I’ve been struggling for my work-life balance. Yes, it’s a struggle!

After dinnertime, I give Mikee a spongebath. (She takes a bath if I have time before dinnertime) When she’s all comfy, only then that I’ll start washing the bottles.

Geez, yaya life is so hard!!!

(For the first couple of days, I wash Mikee’s clothes even if the maid was offering to wash them with our clothes. I gave up. She now washes them. After all, a supermom is a myth.)