Change is A-Comin' and Other Random Thoughts

I think the morning nap will soon be a thing of the past, at least for Parker. Nowadays he spends the entire time standing at the side of his crib, quite proud of himself I'm sure. After a bit the standing turns into whining and crying. (As Jason and I would say: 'The whining and the crying, the b-ing and the moaning!') I think he's not sure how to get himself back down from standing up, so he stands there stranded. Cue mommy to rescue him and show him how to sit back down. Mommy then lays Parker back down. Parker proceeds to make a beeline back to the side of the crib to stand back up. Repeat ad infinitum.

Quinn is still content to lay in his crib for his morning nap and usually falls asleep despite Parkers's caterwauling. So, this may mean for the first time that the boys are on two different schedules. God help me! Either that or I keep them both up in the morning, and move lunch and afternoon nap time up. Apparently this also means I will never take a shower again. Usually I get ready for the day while the boys are back down for their morning nap. No morning nap means I either walk around looking like something the cat drug in until afternoon nap, and by then what's the point? Or, I get up prior to the boys getting up in the morning. Now, I know you're thinking: 'what's your problem lazy?' I will proceed to tell you.

You would think after the many months of the boys getting up during the night for feedings I would be used to getting by on less than 8 hours of sleep. You would be wrong. A few days in a row of that kind of nonsense is fine, but a steady diet of less sleep than that a mean mommy makes. Lack of sleep and being hungry tend to do that to me. Herein lies the problem. We are still getting Quinn up at 11-11:30 for one last feeding at night. By the time we give him the dreaded vitamins, get him changed, fed, his teeth cleaned and back to bed it's 11:30-12:00. The other problem is that Parker is soaking his diaper at night if we don't change him one last time before we go to bed. If they could both just go to bed at 8 for the night it would solve all of my problems! I could go to bed, and subsequently get up at a decent hour! I could be ready for the day BEFORE the boys get up! Long, long, long story short. I've ordered Parker a wool soaker to wear over his diaper at night. He WILL be going down for the night at 8 shortly. I'm thinking if I drop the AM nap and move up the PM one, bedtime will also come earlier, which will mean Quinn's last feeding can to. Oh the circle of life.

I'm thinking back to when we ordered the boys' cribs. How I agonized over which brand, which style, which finish for what seemed like forever. Everything had to be just right. Pfft. If you are reading this and expecting a baby: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!! Parker has single-handedly (mouthedly) ruined the side of his crib by chewing on it. The side rails are curved, so I don't even think that crib rail guard would work. Even if it would, too late now! I will take a picture of it and post later so you can see that my firstborn child is apparently a descendant of the beaver family.

Today I was driving with the boys to Target. I was all out of Vitamin D, and they were all out of Vitamin D milk. Maybe if we actually had sun around this godforsaken state more than once a week we wouldn't NEED so much Vitamin D. Ok, I know this is not true, but it gives me a reason to complain about the weather, and also to rub it in that in ONE WEEK I (we) will be in Key West. Eat it Indiana. Ok, back to the story. As I was driving I was thinking about my job prior to becoming full-time mommy. I got to thinking about all of the things I would probably have to re-learn if and when I ever did go back to working on a cardiac floor. (Survey says: probably not-who needs the stress?) I was appalled to realize that I REALLY had to think about which way the leads go for the telemetry box. If you have not a clue as to what I'm talking about, just know this is one of the most basic things you do as a cardiac nurse. This is sad. I officially have mommy brain.

Yesterday I took the boys to the mall to meet Alison and her girls. After getting back in the car I realized I didn't have my wallet. Are you kidding me?! Luckily I realized that I must have left it in the play area. So, instead of hauling the stroller BACK out of the car and strapping the boys back in, I carried them both back into the mall. Thankfully there is a new entrance that's right by the play area. Even better, my wallet was right where I left it. Why do I try and go anywhere?!

Last but not least, and worth mentioning- does anyone else feel like they are CONSTANTLY dealing with clutter? It's never ending and all-consuming. Makes me nuts. At least I'm not as bad as the lady at Target today. OCD much? I was checking out the half off Easter stuff and happened to see a full cart of things that looked like they needed to be put back on the shelf. This lady was going through the cart, but then putting things back on the shelf. I figured the cart was hers, that she was greedy and decided to grab everything and sort through it later. I asked her if it was her cart or if it was up for grabs. She proceeds to give me some big, long explanation. Basically it was a cart full of things that needed to be re-shelved and she was just 'helping out' the employee. She informed me that 'this kind of thing makes me nuts.' She went on to say that she can spend hours organizing Christmas cards. Ok, then!