Studying mom on-the-go

My situation is not so unique. There are a lot of women who have babies then go back to work a couple of months after. A lot of women juggle housework and work work, friends, and kid (s). But it feels a bit different to be a doing all that, and living in a country that is not your home country; without family nearby and without your partner. My sister has been staying with me for a couple of weeks babysitting, and it's been balls of fun. But she's not exactly a partner, in fact she's another person under my charge. So its also been exhausting. Did I mention I also moved apartments upon arrival in Melbourne? So yea, I will look back at these days and I will wonder how I did it. But I did because I had to. It also helped that I've been blessed with a wonderful sweet tempered baby boy, a sister who loves him and is pretty reliable for a 15 year old, who Omar has taken to, and that God has been helping me out through friends here and through fortunate things that you'd call 'lucking out'-- but I've always thought luck was higher power driven.

Also, having a good carrier makes a lot of difference. Omar has once slept for almost 5 hours in the carrier while we were out and about, and while he is getting heavier (alhamdulillah), it is bucketloads easier carrying 6kg of sleeping baby than 6kg of squirming baby. And it makes eating out possible. Awkward, But possible!