Every time Ivy falls asleep on me now, I quietly gently place her in her crib and tuck her in. She'll smack her lips quietly and stay asleep for about 10 minutes at which point she wakes up...
FURIOUS that I DARE place her in her crib.
If I go get her she will cuddle up and nurse for another 30 minutes or more, and still not let me put her down. This is getting tiring, exhausting, and cranky-mommy-making. Right now I am stopping myself from getting her because I am pretty sure she just turned over in her sleep and is mad about it, and will go back to sleep, but it definitely woke her sister up from her nap. This two kids sleep thing is troublesome!
On mommyhood... the good, the bad, the strange...
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Doing the math-- the dishes
Today I timed myself emptying the dishwasher and drainer (my husband gets handwash duty)
it took 7 minutes to empty the washer and drainer (without toddler help)
So I decided to do the math on this...
7 minutes a day, approximately 1 load a day (some days there are two, some days none. I think it evens out)
7x365= 2555 minutes
2555/60= 42.58333 hours per year
Close to two days of dish putting away per year.
it took 7 minutes to empty the washer and drainer (without toddler help)
So I decided to do the math on this...
7 minutes a day, approximately 1 load a day (some days there are two, some days none. I think it evens out)
7x365= 2555 minutes
2555/60= 42.58333 hours per year
Close to two days of dish putting away per year.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
good news
Well hey, I have some good news today...
I'm not pregnant!
I mean, I didn't really think I was, but I've been feeling a little weird and it makes me paranoid. I've been exhausted, my stomach has been feeling a bit tender, and my moods have been weird, plus I've been starving all the time. Enough to make a girl worry at least.
But nope!
I seem to remember moments of that sort of worry while I was still nursing Lorelei too, and I think it's from me hormones fluctuating while the baby is starting to eat solids.
Ahhhhhh (that's my HUGE sigh of relief)
I don't know if I'd survive 3 under 4!
I'm not pregnant!
I mean, I didn't really think I was, but I've been feeling a little weird and it makes me paranoid. I've been exhausted, my stomach has been feeling a bit tender, and my moods have been weird, plus I've been starving all the time. Enough to make a girl worry at least.
But nope!
I seem to remember moments of that sort of worry while I was still nursing Lorelei too, and I think it's from me hormones fluctuating while the baby is starting to eat solids.
Ahhhhhh (that's my HUGE sigh of relief)
I don't know if I'd survive 3 under 4!
Medical Mysteries...
Today Lorelei has been chasing around Baku, one of our cats and putting a computer mouse on him saying
"I wanna fix his blood plessure"
"OK I'm going to fix your blood plessure"
"OK you can go home now!"
Then she put the cord of the mouse over her neck like doctors do with stethoscopes, and gave the cat a big hug.
"I wanna fix his blood plessure"
"OK I'm going to fix your blood plessure"
"OK you can go home now!"
Then she put the cord of the mouse over her neck like doctors do with stethoscopes, and gave the cat a big hug.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Juggling
Ever feel like you have too many balls up in the air? I do right now... with the 2 girls, 2 Etsy shops, a personal blog, a 365 project blog, a budding photography business (with it's own blog).... and somehow I'm needing hours more sleep than usual.
Wow. Some balls are getting dropped around here.
Wow. Some balls are getting dropped around here.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Of sleeping and infants
This morning I was thinking, it is amazing how much of a king sized bed a 9 month old baby can take up if she puts her mind to it. She took over all of my half of the bed this morning after her morning feeding. I moved to my husbands side after he got up for work, and then heard my toddler chattering and realized I needed to check on her. Snoozing away, the baby seemed unlikely to wake up too soon.
A little bit later, in the middle of some morning toddler crazies (worse than usual, Christmas seems to have upset her routine some) I heard Ivy cry from the bedroom. She sounded mad, so I ran back there thinking -- oh my God, I forgot about her and she fell off the bed (after crawling over the pillow fort I set up around her I guess).
Once in the bedroom I stared at the bed (no baby) looked down at the floor (no baby) just to realize she was ON the nightstand, and was only crying and angry because she had knocked over my water glass and was now soaking wet. Plus she had no more room to maneuver and was stuck there. No more unattended parent bed slumber for her!
If only I had a camera at that moment...
A little bit later, in the middle of some morning toddler crazies (worse than usual, Christmas seems to have upset her routine some) I heard Ivy cry from the bedroom. She sounded mad, so I ran back there thinking -- oh my God, I forgot about her and she fell off the bed (after crawling over the pillow fort I set up around her I guess).
Once in the bedroom I stared at the bed (no baby) looked down at the floor (no baby) just to realize she was ON the nightstand, and was only crying and angry because she had knocked over my water glass and was now soaking wet. Plus she had no more room to maneuver and was stuck there. No more unattended parent bed slumber for her!
If only I had a camera at that moment...
Monday, December 27, 2010
dreaming of chicken...
It's been a rough day around here. The baby has been really fussy between teething her first top tooth and a bit of a snot fest that may be a cold and may be teething. The toddler has been throwing tantrums at a drop of a hat, and had just thrown a tantrum and then fallen asleep on a chair in the baby's room.
She woke up and came out of the baby's room rubbing her eyes and I beckoned her over.
Lorelei sat on my lap next to Ivy and I gave her a hug
"I love you Lorelei," I told her.
"I Love..." said Lorelei and then paused...
"Chicken!" she said
"Chicken?" I queried
"Chicken and honey and rice and ketchup" she replied with a huge grin on her face, unaware that she just broke my heart.
She woke up and came out of the baby's room rubbing her eyes and I beckoned her over.
Lorelei sat on my lap next to Ivy and I gave her a hug
"I love you Lorelei," I told her.
"I Love..." said Lorelei and then paused...
"Chicken!" she said
"Chicken?" I queried
"Chicken and honey and rice and ketchup" she replied with a huge grin on her face, unaware that she just broke my heart.
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