This month is coming to an end already and being a stay at home mommy sure has been harder than I thought. My first week someone left a flyer on our front door for their daycare that offered 2 and 3 day programs and I seriously almost called them up and signed him up. Overall it has been good it's just a matter of playing all day with him so he is entertained. He has his good days and his bad days and those are the days that I count the minutes for Randel to get home so I have some kind of break. Saturday night Anthony fell asleep at 7! So I decided to leave Randel with him and go to the mall. As I walked around I realized that was the first time in weeks that I have been completely alone without Randel or Anthony besides going to the dentist and an interview last monday which weren't fun at all. It was an hour and a half of just quietness inside a busy loud mall but it was nice.
Anthony has been having issues wanting to take his naps and go to sleep at night. It hasn't been easy dealing with this and I thought I was doing something wrong but the other night I was reading my message board and a few of the other mothers had posted that their kids were also doing the same thing so it made me feel better that I wasn't doing something wrong. Some babies just go through this at this age. This has led to some funny situations when he finally does go to sleep. First, when he is on the verge of sleeping and I or Randel is patting his back you seem to hear EVERYTHING! I find myself humming while in my head saying "Sophie if you bark one more time......." or "Why must that bird chirp so loud and so close to the window??" When he is asleep I walk away so so gingerly to not make any noise. I didn't realize how silly I probably look until I started watching Randel do it at night. He actually is usually the one to lay him down at night. When he is asleep I see randel slowly lift one leg backwards and then the other very gently stepping down and in slow motion moving towards the door. Once he accidentally stepped on a toy and he froze with one leg in the air and staring back at Anthony hoping he didn't hear that. Even the sound of your foot stepping off of the play mat can seem loud in those few moments you try to make your escape.
As tired as I feel sometimes and frustrated though, that little guy has to just smile and laugh and it's all ok again. Until he throws a book at my face. :)
2 comments:
It sounds to me like you are making life too exciting for Anthony. He doesn't want to go to sleep and miss something. I'm so glad you are going to have this time away. It will be so much fun and we will enjoy being with Anthony before our three week trip to Oregon. Have a blast!
all this brings a smile to my face and i never really stopped to think about looking silly, i just wanted to get to bed and get a full nights rest. I can almost see the two of you sometimes even holding your breath for fear that even that might wake our little Anthony from his sleep. It's funny that Mia comments about Anthonys life being so exciting that he doesn't want to go to sleep. That is exactly how I felt about my little ones about 27 years ago. Time does fly by us, for now let's just enjoy this little guy as much as possible the way he is. Too soon he will be all grown up. It sure was good to be with the three of you on the weekend.
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