Point of no return

Tom's mom has been offering for a while now to come back and help us again in August since she has the time (now retired and all). At first I was thinking I'd be crazy to deny myself the help. But after two weeks of my feeling not 100% at ease with her helping, having to answer the question, "When should I come back?" was completely unpalatable.

The more we think about it, the more we're thinking of not having her return in August. It's been two going on four weeks of Eli sleeping in our room, snorts, rustling and all. We're ready to kick Eli out of our room so he can snort all he wants and we can sleep in peace. And to do that, we need to be on our own so we have our 3rd bedroom back. Tom's mom not returning is becoming more about Eli getting out of our room and less about the in-law dynamic between her and me.

Plus, true to form, my parents will be back in September so we'll have a few days help again then. Maybe we can have Tom's mom return in October and space out our help. I've had a taste of mornings and evenings on my own juggling two kids so I definitely appreciate the extra pair of arms when I have them. But otherwise, I think we're curious to see how we fare on our own.