A Few Days
It’s been a few days…I’m not sure why I haven’t posted. I’m actually not sure when I posted last, could have been yesterday for all I know. But it feels like at least a couple of days. Yesterday was nice, Alicia brought her baby over for a visit and we took a look at her pump together. It seems to be malfunctioning- so hopefully she gets that fixed up soon. Then Jonathan came over and we took a walk around the mall for a bit, long enough for Camper to get fussy and mad and then come back home. We tried him back on the regular formula again to see if the medicine fixed his problems. Guess what. It didn’t. So sensitive it is.
Then Jonathan hung out and held Camper for a couple hours so that I could clean the house- which is nice. It’s SO NICE to be able to start something and finish it without a hundred interruptions, or weighing the pros and cons of allowing my baby to see me while I clean (which would keep him calm) and at the same time exposing him to noxious fumes. Ew. Wall-E arrived before John got home, and so we were able to cuddle with some blankets and our baby and watch it. It was seriously cute, and I really appreciated the Mac-ness of it. I really want a Mac. Anyway. It occurred to me that I don’t have a lot of “boy” kid movies- who knows, maybe he’ll want to watch Little Mermaid. But Wall-E might be more interesting, along with Aladdin (I remember my brother always liking that one), I really want to get Finding Nemo and Kung Fu Panda, but YO. Those movies are expensive. He’s too young now, anyway, so maybe we’ll do one at a time. I think I have Monster’s Inc. at home…I’ll have to go through and see. But I wonder, are boys just more likely to watch movies like that over Cinderella and Snow White in general, or are they more prone to watching them because that’s what we show them? I’m not sure, because I watched a lot of “girl movies” when I was growing up and I’m sure my brother watched them too, and he still calls them “chick flicks.” So who knows.
So I’m getting the hang of this Mom thing a little more. For instance, I’m figuring out that if I want lunch at a normal time, I should make both my lunch and a bottle about half an hour before Camper is due to eat and then set them both on the table next to my chair so that I can eat the same time he does. It’s kind of nice because then I feel like I’m eating with him. It cuts down on my selection…usually something like sandwiches or cheese and crackers, no soup or saucy things…but hey. It’s eating.
Camper got his 2 month shots today. It broke my heart into a million kajillion pieces. For a few reasons…really. But the BIGGEST reason was to hear him scream, and even worse to see him jump with pain at the injections. When he gets really mad he yells, “Maaaaa, maaaaaa, maaaaaaa” and his lip quivers. I know he’s not really calling me, but it still makes me sad. I just wanted to cuddle him all night. So after a bath and a bottle, that’s what we’ve been doing. John is cuddling him and doing school work, and I’m cuddling him and studying for the GRE. We’ve both got to-do lists for this week dealing with schools and plans and all kinds of things…so here’s hoping we get through them ok. I’m planning on taking the GRE on December 5th or 6th. I haven’t taken a test in a long time- wish me luck!
That’s all for now, just winding down and about to have some of what John lovingly calls, “cardboard pizza,” the fake uber-cheap frozen kind. Yum. Preparing for tomorrow when I’ll go to the gym, get some more paperwork and applications done, and hopefully get to some phone calls. I HATE having to make phone calls while taking care of a 2 month old. Like that insurance guy is going to “understand” when Camper decides to pitch a fit. You spend the first few minutes of any “errand” type phone call just trying to get the other person understand what you need. To then hang up because your baby needs attention and have to call back later and get a new person is a small tragedy in the world of a SAHM. Sigh. I’ll get the hang of it one day.
