Sounds fancy, no? Not really. During John‘s awake time this weekend we decided to go in search of his favorite Easter candy…which I can’t even find online. Making me sad. The only place we were ever able to find any was at Walgreen’s in Utah. So, being the loving wife I am (and BORED of being in the house) I Googled a Walgreen’s in this part of the world, and off we went. It was a bit of a drive, and when we got there we were surprised to find out that it wasn’t a store. It was only a pharmacy in a hospital. How sad is THAT?
But at least we got to navigate by iphone, which was fun. The Bubbs talked for awhile, slept for awhile, and was all around a rather congenial baby. Since we were in the area, we stopped by a shop designed for the “natural” mommies of the world. You know, the ones with the natural cotton/soft wood teething toys, baby wearing aparatus, and the home birth plans. It was run by a woman who had her 6 month old son just chilling with her while she worked. There are some facets of the store that I really really liked. I got Camper one of those little blankies with the heads on them, the only one I’ve been able to find without a rattle inside. It’s so soft and cute, and he loves to chew on it. I would have loved some of the real wooden toys or teething rings, but they were SO expensive. What I really wanted to do, though, was try on the Beco Baby Carrier. And I did. And we’re not going to talk about how close I am to getting one. Because WOW. Amazing. I love my Maya Wrap, it’s fun and beautiful, and perfect for walking around the mall and probably going to the beach, etc. But the Beco. So convienient. So comfortable. Perfect.
Moving on. So yes, we were in the shop for about half an hour, just looking around at everything and feeling the local vibe. I really wonder if I would manage a shop like that with a little baby. The woman said that she came back to work when her son was 2 months old, and he basically spends every day there. He can “nap anywhere,” and the whole time we were there he was either laying on the (bare wooden) floor with other random babies while moms looked through the uber natural toys, or was an instrument for demonstration as she used him to teach other moms how to use the different baby carriers. I think the whole thing made me a little nervous- it would be nice to have the variety of conversation and visitors during the day…but I didn’t see a comfy bed for the baby anywhere, and what if he needed to be rocked, or cuddled, or just needed to be away from the public eye for awhile? To each her own. At least her job is kid friendly, I guess. I think I would just miss the alone time.
After the driving around we came home, gave Bubbs a bath and some dinner. He was a little fussy last night. It seems to happen every weekend now, and I’m wondering if the change between me taking care of him at night and the realization that “HEY! DAD’S HOME!” makes him want to wake up more often. We literally (all of us) went to bed at about 8pm last night, and I slept through til about 4. I heard Bubbs crying, which he doesn’t usually do at night, and went in to find out that John had been holding him for a couple of hours.
When John doesn’t work, he’ll usually sleep a couple hours with me, and then get up for the rest of the night so that his nighttime work schedule isn’t shifted around too much. This is nice because it allows me to have a night (or even two) when I don’t have to listen for Camper, and although it backfired on Friday night (I couldn’t sleep for anything) allows me to get some really good rest. If the Bubbs sleeps well, John has time to write, apply for jobs, watch movies, relax…you know…day OFF stuff.
Back to this morning, 4 am, I realized that perhaps the more John was around, the less my Camper was going to sleep. It totally mystifies me. For about 4 days in a row last week, he’d go to bed about 7pm or 8pm, wake up to eat one time between 1am and 4am, and then be up for the day about 6:30 or 7am. It was great. Only to have it all go out the window when Daddy’s home. I can’t blame the boy, he wants every moment with John that he can get. I think a lot of my “sad moments” during these last couple months have come from the same place.
So I took over at about 4am (can this story get any more muddled, I ask you? It’s like I have lost the ability to form coherent thoughts today.) and fed le baby, changed his diaper, rocked him for a bit, and then plunked him back into his crib where he went back to sleep on his own. I woke up again around 7:30, the Bubs was awake, and he got some Daddy time before John went back to bed. (And I got some more sleep time, making up for the other night, for sure.)
I think I’m officially bored of my own entry, but since I’ve taken about 45 minutes to write it (sad, distractable little me) I think I’m just going to post it and move on. Perhaps some more interesting stuff later.
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Yep, you are the reader to which I referred. And yes, THOSE BECOS ARE FABULOUS! I used it again this evening and Jonah drifted off to sleep while in it. And tonight? No backache!
But yes, very expensive. You can find some styles online for like $95 (but of course, those ones don’t have owls).
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