So I survived my first night back at work last night. It was rough though. The last hour was tough. I was so wanting to put my head down for a bit but I knew that would be bad news lol. My last hour of work and the drive home were not the most fun but that's life. I walked around a bit at work to stay awake and listened to my audio book really loudly on the way home and I made it.
So today was awesome husband day at my house. For the first time since Miles was born Mike woke up with both kids since he was off work today for the civic holiday. He gave Miles his bottle, changed them both, fed them, played with them, put Miles down for his first nap, etc. I got home at 4am so I slept until 10:30 and at that point Cody had wandered up to our room and I heard him playing with my contact lenses case so I decided I had better get up before he unscrewed it and spilled my contacts onto the floor. That was fine though. I felt quite rested after that much sleep. Hopefully since he saw that the kids were fine without me Mike will wake up with both of them more often, like at least on one weekend day. The best part is that he didn't complain about having to take care of them. He can be lazy and big on complaining sometimes. Another awesome thing is that there were a million really tall weeds in the backyard that badly needed to be ripped out and I got to stay in the house while Mike took care of it. Some of the weeds were taller than me! I always make sure to tell him I'm really grateful when he does extra stuff that he didn't really have to do. Or for anything really since I think couples often take each other for granted and just EXPECT them to do this and that for them. It's really not hard to acknowledge someones hard work and say thank you. It can make a big difference.
Parenting is really hard work sometimes. I say this because Cody just turned 3 and he still sleeps in a crib, loves his pacifier and isn't potty trained. Guess who needs to take care of all of those things this year? Yeah that's right. Me. Guess who also doesn't want to have to do any of it? lol. It sucks though because he sleeps so well in his crib and has never even tried to climb out. He's definitely getting long for it though. He sleeps 12 hours every night and literally never wakes up. When I remember my friend telling me that when she switched her daughter to a normal bed she had to bring her back to bed about 100 times once she climbed out of it, it makes me want to keep Cody in his crib forever lol. He has a race car bed that we bought him a year ago but when I've suggested he sleep in it he says "nooooooooo!" and points frantically to his crib. I've even tried laying him in it and reading him a story under the covers but he wants nothing to do with that. He wants his crib. So what do I do? When you're a parent you have to figure this stuff out. There's a million different strategies out there but in the end YOU have to decide which one you're going to use. That's the hard part. His crib converts into a toddler bed so maybe I should take the front rail off and have him sleep in the bed like that for a bit? I'm not sure. This kid is like me, he hates change lol.
Then there's the fact that he likes to use a pacifier. I constantly tell him he's too old for a soother and he whines and complains. Sometimes he'll take it out when I say that. I try to only give it to him at bed and nap time but if he sees one lying around he'll pop it in his mouth. How do I take his soother away when Miles uses one and probably will for a while? That puzzles me. Miles can still be cranky sometimes and seriously the soother is a lifesaver at times like that. Maybe I need to do more research on how I could get Cody to stop using a soother. I feel so bad taking things away from him that comfort him but he's seriously too old for it.
And then there's potty training. Omg. I cannot tell you how much I am NOT looking forward to having to clean up accidents while potty training. Yuck! Dirty diapers are gross but cleaning up pee off the couch and floor and poo of who knows where doesn't sound like my idea of fun.
I'm at work right now btw. I have 2.5 hours to go and I'm tired again lol. What else is new? I just had a cold frappucino drink. Let's hope it starts to kick in soon. I just want to sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. And sadly I have no one to help me with the kids in the morning so it's all me. My mom is coming Wed-Friday though so that'll be fun :) And helpful. Guess I should do some work now. Maybe :)
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