By way of demonstration
On Monday night I finally fell asleep at 4:00 AM and was back on-duty by 6:00 AM. On Tuesday night I finally fell asleep at 4:00 AM and was back on-duty by 6:00 AM. Last night I finally fell asleep at 4:00 AM and was back on-duty by 6:00 AM.
Adrenaline rather than rest is what fuels you, inexplicably, through baby bootcamp (that and plentiful grammies and grampas). By lord, the boy grunts and snorts all night. Trying to sleep in the same room with him is like trying to sleep in the same room with a 600-pound wild boar up to his gizzard in a fieldful of truffles.
After all the trash talking <smile> and pastlife lusting <sigh> of recent posts, you the chosen childfree and yet-to-be-parents must be thinking why in the name of all that’s sensible would anyone choose to procreate? a) wow, am I ever right to wait for senility OR b) wow, am I ever right to politely decline altogether OR c) perhaps I should begin making my intended sperm/egg deposit technician sleep on the couch.
If you really want to know the answer to that most justified of universal questions, you could go here or here.
Or for the short version, you could always watch this.
sweetsalty kate
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Enjoy the day.
Glad things are nice today.
I love the Evan video! I wish adults were more like small children....easily amused and so much fun to watch. Is Evan eating strawberries in the video?
Mine just turned one this past Friday. They have discovered throwing fits...wow! Just when I feel comfortable something happens to put me back into "what do I do with this?"
Your comment made me queasy. If I'm misreading you, I apologize.
But when it is ever OK for a kid to beat the crap out of another?
I'm pleased that Vivian knows how to take care of herself. Really. I teach Shotokan karate, so I know it's important for kids to know how to defend themselves and avoid physical harm.
And I've been proud of my kids, for standing up for others who were picked on, and for getting themselves out of tricky situations that kids find themselves in every day. Perhaps that's what Vivian was doing, standing up for a friend, or trying to stop a neighborhood bully.
But if I had learned that a karate kid had beaten the sh*t out of another, our class would be smaller, by one student.
And by beating the crap out of him, I mean elbowing him well out of the way until he gave up to find another victim. In terms of how this bodes well for her future and being able to defend and stand up for herself, I am VERY proud.
I'm proud of your daughter too.
When they released the first one to sleep in my room, I was so thrilled! But after about the first 4 hours, I was trying to figure out how to sneak him back into the NICU!
I didn't sleep a wink! It does get better though... a bit.
ashley
Such kooks small people are.
Love LOVE the family laughter. It is pure joy at its finest.
I like to think that all that late night pre-baby convorting was really great training to surviving on little/no sleep. well, kind of...
Lots of love and hugs and sloppy kisses to our Sweet Salty Mama,Evan and Ben
Your video reminded me that sometimes I forget to take the time from "parenting" to laugh and enjoy the "kid stuff"... Thank you!! So wonderful to laugh, and even more to hear it... from all of you! Maybe those grunts are Ben's way of laughing "haha momma, you only thought you were going to sleep tonight... oh no, instead I want love and cuddles and to see you and hear you"
Did I read above it's your Birthday? Hope it is (or was) a , as Kiel says, beeeee-U-teeful one!
I hope Ben had a decent night last night (right now for you - I hope you're sleeping as I type this!).
happy birthday Kate!!!! A Leo! I love your fire.
blessed, healthy, happy year to you.
mb
I wouldn't trade 'em now, not for all the $300 jeans in the world.
What a cute boy he is :-)
And indeed, happy birthday to you. May you joys outweigh everything else for at least today.
thanks for the video- you're right, the breathless belly laughs that a 2 year old is capable of inducing is one of the best reasons to not pine away for over priced drinks and resulting hangovers, even in 300 dollar jeans.
At least he wasn't doing that standing up. I can just picture him really getting going and then falling over from the motions taking over, lol. Good to hear the laughter!
Happy birthday! :)
my girls loved the video...liv requested that i take one of her doing that. seems to be a favorite with the little people.
I love the silliness. My Ben is like that 95% of his waking hours. It's exhausting, but I've never laughed so hard and so much. I don't understand how they can shake their heads like that without keeling over into a faceplant. I'm a bit jealous...looks like fun. Oh to be 2 again...