Out of Tune with Domesticity
Archive for July, 2008
Momma, Find kee-kee too
Jul 31st
I had to take Jude to the hospital today for some sort of State Newborn Screen. Apparently this is his second one [where was the first one? Hopsital?]. So off I went with a two year old and newborn. To the hospital. To wait. Wait. Wait.
There was this though: While waiting in the lobby to get called back for our paperwork, Adrien spotted the Starbucks kiosk and the cookies therein. Had to have a cookie. He insisted upon screaming and whining at me that he had “Momma, Find kee-kee too” (he now puts the word to or too at the end of every sentence, whether it belongs there or not, and whether or not that’s the proper place for it. Yay for prepositions. Is that a preposition? I went to art school…} I reassured him that yes, you found the cookies, but you don’t need one. Man, I really wanted one. They looked good. What I really wanted was some sort of hot caffeinated beverage to go with the kee-kee…but alas, I didn’t need that either. We finally got called back to admissions. The kee-kees were out of sight. Some scrawny old lady, who really seemed nice enough, did all my paperwork. Zillions More >
The wonderful smell of motherhood
Jul 29th
The boys are both napping again today. At the same time. Please bitch slap me and tell me not to get too used to it. Really, it’s not luck. It’s just the fact that Jude’s still in his whole Eat-poop-sleep-poop-sleep-eat-eat-eat-sleep-sleep-poop-sleep stage. You know, that stage where a good 10 minutes nursing session is all that’s really needed to conk them right out. I mean, I’d be tired too if I had to suck on my boobs. It seems labor-intensive and all.
The most challenging part about this whole I’m-so-new-at-being-the-mother-of-two-at-once thing is that I hate feeling that I can’t give them both my all, all at the same time. Logistically I can’t be at Adrien’s every beck and call while breastfeeding Jude every 2 hours. I mean, I’ve tried, really. But it’s so dang hard on the shoulders. [Hunching over in the floor with a 9 pound newborn attached to your nipple to push some Hot Wheels around is no small feat.] I also feel guilty for cuddling with Jude because that means (most of the time) that I can’t cuddle with Adrien at that moment…either for fear that Adrien will squash the little guy, or just because Adrien doesn’t want to. More >
Miracle of all Miracles
Jul 28th
Dropping in
Jul 25th
So today is the first time my 2 year has taken a nap in a week. Since he’s been home, he hasn’t been napping (due to doctor’s appointments, or whatever) and so therefore he hasn’t been sleeping well at night. My poor husband’s been sleeping on the couch with him every night just about, because he wakes up wanting to sleep in our bed. With Jude rooming-in in our room, that would just be a disaster. So out to the couch they go.
I’m hoping to be able to blog more as time goes by. I’m nabbing a little bit of time today to type up a bit for you guys. Jude’s doing well. At this point, I think he’s sleeping better at night than his big brother. His eating is just great! Breastfeeding is going well for me this time, and it makes me feel super guilty for not trying harder to succeed with Adrien. When we left the hospital, Jude had some jaundice that ended up getting relatively bad. On top of the normal jaundice baby’s get (which his level was only 6 at discharge) our blood types were different, and apparently that makes it worse as my 0+ More >
Hey, Jude.
Jul 15th
