Dax's Journal

So for the past few months, I've been going mountain biking with the guys as much as I can. It was Michelle's idea. The logic was, once Embry is born, there would be less time to do anymore bike riding, so I had better enjoy it while I can. But after visiting my doctor a couple of weeks ago, we now think otherwise.

My current doctor is cool. He actually talks to people. He's not one of those fast-food doctors that I had grown accustomed to. We were talking about my mountain biking when the subject of pending Embry came up, so I started to lament the fact that my bike-riding regime would decline. Being that my doctor is a road biker, he knew where I was coming from. (He's also had three kids, the youngest being three.) He suggested coming up with a plan, where each spouse picks one or two days of the week as their "Personal Day." When he had his first baby, his wife picked Thursdays and some other day to go out with the girls , and he picked Mondays and Wednesdays to go road biking with the guys. It worked out fine for them, so why wouldn't it work for Michelle and I? He also threw out the name of a place where we could pick up a nice used jogging stroller.

Speaking of planning, Michelle and I talked to our neighbor, Kenny, who has two little boys. Michelle was interested in having Embry be on a sleep schedule since she would have to be going back to work after a few months. Kenny mentioned that he had his youngest on a sleep schedule by his third month. The key was to stick to the plan: same time, everyday, no matter what. His little baby now sleeps consistently from 8:30 pm to 5:30 am. Kenny also suggested that the bed area and nap area be two distinctly different places.

It’s nice to see that there’s this theme. A couple people at Michelle’s work have mentioned The Plan. A few people at my work have asked about The Plan. It’s a good thing I have Michelle as the long-term planner, since I tend to be the spontaneous one. I know that things can and will happen that will affect our days ahead, but as long as we have something in place to cover us and we have something to fall back on, it’ll make bringing up Embry easier to handle.