(As a note, this will be the second time I've attempted to write this entry, so bear with me if it isn't as funny this time.)
Jess has recently become disillusioned with the idea of taking a nap mid-day... I don't know what I'm going to do when she stops napping entirely. I use her naps to take a shower (because she screams hysterically if I'm in the shower. no, I don't know why) or make myself lunch or clean the living room or do the dishes. Or take a nap myself.
Jess's "usual" naptime was from 12:30 until about 3:30 or so... a good, solid nap in the middle of the day. Over the last few weeks, she's been pushing it up until she's not going down for her nap until almost 2, not going to sleep until 3-3:30 and getting up around 6. Which does not, of course, make her even remotely interested in sleeping at 8:30, which used to be bedtime.
I've been trying to insist right back and move her naptime back to a more convenient time of day. This has not met with loads of success, since she'll scream/cry/fuss from whenever I put her down until 2ish, where she'll start babbling to herself until 3-3:30... etc.
The other day, I decided enough was really just enough and even if she wasn't sleepy, she was going to bed Right Now because Mom needed a nap, even if she didn't.
Howl. Scream. Cry. Bang side of crib against the wall. Scream. Cry. Cough. Cough cough. Scream. Cough. Silence.
KT . o O (Oh, thank god.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (I wonder if she's ok in there. She didn't sound good.)
KT . o O (She's fine. She's sleeping.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (Maybe she's not sleeping... Maybe she's... dead.)
KT . o O (She's not dead.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (Are you suuuuuuuure?)
KT . o O (Yes.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (Really?)
KT . o O (Yes, really.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (I'm not sure. She sounded really distressed. Maybe she's choking.)
KT . o O (She's just sleeping!)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (Choking. To death. Already dead... dead. dead dead dead.)
KT . o O (Will you shut up?)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (...)
KT . o O (Whew.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (Dead.)
KT . o O (Oh, for pete's sake.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (You should check on her... then I'll feel better.)
KT . o O (No. If I check on her and she's not sleeping, I'll just upset her again.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (So? Better than being dead, isn't it?)
KT . o O (Go. Away.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (Dead... nice little funeral. I'm sure you can afford that... and I bet it'll be lots of fun trying to explain to your father that his ONLY GRANDCHILD choked to death because you were busy playing WARCRAFT!)
KT . o O (FINE.)
::gets up and checks on the baby. Who is sleeping. SLEEPING.::
KT . o O (Are you happy now?)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (Yes.)
KT . o O (Good.)
::plays warcraft for a while::
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (Dead.)
KT . o O (god. just kill me now.)
Mutant Mommy Brain . o O (Dead. dead dead dead.)
Posted by tisfan at May 09, 2005 07:39 PM::Falls over laughing::
So it's true, you really can play Warcraft in your sleep... ^_~
Good nap?
Posted by: Gris on May 9, 2005 08:04 PMHysterical! I have that mutant mommy brain all the freaking time! I thought it would be better with the 2nd baby, seeing as how the 1st one is not dead (dead, dead, dead, dead). Sadly, it's gotten worse. Now that she is actually sleeping 5-6 hours at night I check on her, then on Emma, then on her, then on Emma all freaking night long! Ack!
Posted by: Kris on May 12, 2005 02:41 AMYou are not inspiring any of the rest of us to have another, you know, Kris... ;-)
Posted by: Liz on May 12, 2005 04:32 PMYeah, well, here I am tonight with my mutant mommy brain. I worked today and was away from Sarah for 10 hours, during which time she took 3 ounces, very fussily from my mom, and I pumped 9 ounces very painfully. Since I got home she's nursed hourly. Now I can't find my damn Lansinol cream, which I need, she's been asleep for almost 2 hours, and suddenly I'm terrified that she is going to die of SIDS. Plus, I'm having terribly guilt about not spending any mommy time with Emma today because in the morning I was running late and in the evening I was a human cow. Sure, having 2 is a great idea! Really, it stretches you as a mom. That's got to be good, right?
Posted by: Kris Brandt on May 12, 2005 11:15 PMThis makes me really grateful that I am too weird, poor, and homely ever to mate or breed.
From the Phantom Zone, Kid Charlemagne
Posted by: Kid Charlemagne on May 14, 2005 05:00 PM*laughs* I'm not exactly beautiful either... and there are compensations for these sorts of moments...
But I am really, really, really glad that I waited until I was sure I wanted a child before I had one. Don't ever let anyone convince you otherwise - babies don't come with 'return to sender' stickers.
Posted by: KT on May 14, 2005 11:32 PM