Day 10: The Day After Christmas

I'm getting into more of a routine to make this bed rest journey a little easier.  I can't control my crazy uterus or the fact that I have to be on bed rest so this baby isn't born any earlier than he has to be, but I can control how I spend my day.  In the last few days, I've been looking at other bed rest blogs and each one talked about the importance of a routine in maintaining sanity while on bed rest.  So today I came up with a schedule to guide my day and came up with some bed-rest friendly activities.  One blogger I read about was on bed rest for 123 days (blog.bedrestboutique.com).  That's four months, and she got to 37.5 weeks, so I know this can work, I just have to be patient (and thankfully,  I won't be on bed rest for that long).  Each day gets a little easier as I surrender to bed rest and find things to occupy my time.

While I rested, J took B to see Frozen and convinced him to get out of the pajamas he's been in for two days.  He even asked why he needs to get dressed when Mom doesn't (though, for the record, he didn't realize that I put on new pajama bottoms and comfortable maternity shirt every day).  They liked the movie, but thought it had "too many loud songs."  In fact, B kept covering his ears, but that could be because he has a cold.  B has a pretty bad little cough, and J had to give him some medicine before bed, but he didn't let the cold faze him much today.  He did a lot of playing with the toys and books he got for Christmas yesterday, and I enjoyed watching him do that.  J got me some RedBox movies that we watched together, and working on this blog is also keeping me busy.  Each day gets a little easier and strict bed rest isn't as overwhelming as it was a few days ago (though complete inactivity like this can be mind-numbing and even physically draining).  I'm learning to let things go (like the dishes in the sink) and to have J wait on me as I just lay low for the optimal health of Baby Boy.