Told the boys tonight that I am on call for my first doula job and what that entails. Joel is going to practise waking with his own alarm so he doesn't have to rely on the Mum alarm to wake him. "Many births start in the night" I told him, "that means I won't be here when you wake up." First practise run.... we'll see how that goes in the morning.
All three of the boys are pretty self sufficient when it comes to getting themselves to school. Getting their own breakfast and making their sandwiches for lunch.
Rogier is in America right now and will be in Spain next week so it may mean that they will be on their own if the birth starts early. The expecting mum is hoping for as soon as possible, of course, and giving birth 6 days early runs in her family,
We'll see about that....I remember hoping the babies would come early and there was no such luck for me as I ended up carrying 41/42 weeks with all three pregnancies.
So, now I am officially "on call." This is exciting!!
Ha, fun! The real job and the real fun starts now...
ReplyDeleteAnd you have to practice being right awake when the phone calls... ;)
I remember having hopes that our 3 would be early, because my mom had us a little early, but nah... all were 10 days late...