Photographic proof of the last time he slept for more than
an hour on his own (2 weeks ago).
I'm thinking I need a new obsession:
1) Should I make every recipe in my new America's Test Kitchen Baking Cook Book? This would be awesome because almost all of them are really high in fat and full of bad carbs, so I'd be killing two birds with one stone: something else to focus on and something to eat while I'm pretending not to be stressed. But I believe that it would have weighty consequences, if you know what I mean.
2) Should I clean and organize every corner of my house to get ready for the big move? (don't vote for this one because I hate cleaning)
3) Should I scrapbook every photo I've taken for the past 3 years? I could be the scrapbooker of the year ... miraculously creating beautiful layouts for the 8,431 photos I have that as of yet are not embellished, journaled and preserved for future posterity (that's the actual count BTW).
4) Should I walk circles around my house and yard (weather permitting) in order to get the exercise my endorphin-starved brain needs?
5) Should I raid Mr. M's collection of magic tricks, learn all 101 by heart and become the Amazing Magical Mom? You know, come to think of it, the wild eyes and crazy hair that I've acquired over the past 2 weeks could really come in handy with this one.
Or do you have an idea?
5 comments:
David is still not sleeping through the night. Until about a week ago he was up every four to six hours. Now only about two. I have the wild eyes too.....except I only have two kids to get worry over! How do you do it????
Have you not discovered digital/online scrapbooking or whatever its called? Its wonderful--I love it. I put my pictures on their site, choose some backgrounds, write a couple words, pay a little money, and in a few days they mail me a nice little book of pictures my kids love to look at. Try it.
I vote for #1, yum!
LOL, take a deep breath Julia, you're doing great.
BTW I was looking at your hair yesterday at church and thought to myself, does it just do that? And if not, how does she have time to make it look super cute? I wish I had cute bangs like yours. I can't shake the boring ponytail and I am not daring enough to chop it.
Sorry about the naps. Boooo. I finally gave up - content with 20 minute naps forever. And wouldn't you know- a 1 hour one was around the corner. You need to give up- again.
And obviously I vote for #1. I will do #2 in June. Crying over your family leaving us.
Ok, I'm going to break the cardinal rule of blogging, and life in general, and give you unsolicited advice.
don't delete me! Please read! It saved my life!
My last one would only nap at very short intervals and then wake up cranky. I was losing my mind until one day I noticed that she slept quite well in the car seat. So I brought the car seat in the house, put her in it, and she slept, well, like a baby.
I was a little concerned that maybe I was doing something wrong so I asked my dr. and he said he tells mothers to do that ALL THE TIME. Something about how some babies get acid reflux because the valve at the bottom of the esophagus doesn't yet close completely, and the reflux wakes them up if they sleep flat. If they're up though, gravity keeps the acid in the stomach and it doesn't wake the baby.
Just my .02. Hope it helps!
Post a Comment