my turn

today is my second round with Skye all by myself with nothing to do (there was one day I had her where we were so busy that day, I hardly had time to notice the day go by).  it’s amazing how difficult it is to entertain a person who’s vocabulary is non-existent, and who’s skill set consists of drooling and whining.

she woke up today at around 8a (not counting her nightly feedings and hour-long wide awake moments), and since I was working on my projects last night, I didn’t get to bed until around 1-2a, so I was pretty tired when she woke up. I took her downstairs and tried to fall asleep with her on my chest on the couch to no avail. she has this thing about being on anybody’s chest when she’s not either already asleep, or too tired to care. she gets really uncomfortable and just squirms around until you have to get up and pace the room with her in your arms. so I did that… and she finally fell asleep at around 10a, so I put her on the boppy.

around 10:45, she stirred and ended up with her face in the boppy, which isn’t a position that lends itself to a safe feeling for any parent, so I thought I could gently pick her up and have her quickly fall back asleep with her on my chest on the couch (I’m still pretty tired at this point), but alas… she woke up and was ready for another bottle and some more awake time.

after trying to get her to sit calmly for longer than ten minutes in any one position, she fell asleep again at around 1p, so I ate my now stale sandwiches, and got sucked into a television show (my fault, I know, I should have taken my nap).

she awoke at around 2:30p and I gave her another bottle, and a diaper change, and tried to fall asleep with her (I’m still really tired), so I pulled her close to the couch in her favorite chair and took a little cat nap until she started getting bored about 10 minutes later, so I turned the chair around so she could watch the TV, but that only lasted for about 10 minutes as well.

I got up, feeling mildly rested and decided a walk might put her to sleep. I got everything ready, went outside and it was nice, not too hot, cloudy, with barely a sprinkle of rain…  until I got about two blocks away from my house…  then the sun came out, in full force, and the temperature went up about 10-15 degrees. I didn’t have a hat for her, and I was getting pretty hot, so I turned around and walked back home.

as I walked in the house, she fell asleep, so I went downstairs to fix another issue with my projects, and have finished that, and now here I am, with my little girl, still strapped to my chest in the baby carrier, she’s beginning to get really fidgety, and I’ve just finished this post, with enough time available to go and get another bottle ready so she can fall asleep for 20 more minutes before Chels gets home.

maybe then I can take a nap…   or maybe not.