Today was my first day back on the job... solo. Brent returned to work after taking such good care of us for two weeks. The morning wasn't too bad and lunch went well, then the best part of the day came (nap time). Since I don't get much sleep at night I really look forward to this wonderful time. I put Jacob down then went in to nurse Daniel and also take a nap. Jacob played for 30 min. then fell asleep. I fell asleep shortly after that only to wake up to a screaming Jacob 20 min. later. He only napped for 30 minutes!! At this point I knew I was in for a really long and hard afternoon.
I got Jacob and came downstairs to give him a snack and change the laundry, a few moments later Daniel started crying. For the rest of the afternoon one or both boys were crying. To make it all more "fun" Jacob was testing his limits and getting into everything! It didn't help that he was tired and grumpy, everything resulted in a melt down and I could feel my sleep-deprived exhausted self loosing control quickly. When things are bad I like to get out of the house (oddly enough it helps) and since I had a few errands to run I packed up the kids and left. I went to the bank, Rite Aide and the Post Office (walking the entire time with Jacob in the stroller and Daniel in the Bjorn). I got home at 5 and started to quickly get dinner going. Brent came in and I promptly started crying. He sent me to bed and finished making dinner and watched the boys (what a sweetheart!). The evening went much smoother with both of us here to tag team together.
Brent thought it would be fun if I kept score on my days.. so here it goes;
Mom 0
Turner boys 1
I took Jacob to go get some new shoes and had a hard time of it. He has what we call "marshmallow feet", they are tall and puffy. Not a single pair of sandals would go on his feet. I did find a cute pair of Sunday shoes and an adjustable pair of sneakers.. but I would really like to get him some sandals since there is plenty of summer left. Any ideas where I can get some for a chubby footed boy?
On a different topic, Daniel will get his first casts put on tomorrow. We had gone in last week to do it and were not able to because of an upcoming blood test for him. I was happy to have one more week to touch his soft legs and massage his adorable little feet. I love how he tucks his feet in all the time and feel sad that he won't be able to do that once his casts are put on. I thought about it all some more today and started crying (most likely a result of my being so tired and hormonal). I don't know what to expect nor do I know how he is going to handle it but I know it needs to be done and I tell myself that a lot. I know they need to do it now while his bones are still soft, but I just feel like he is so young and tiny to already be going through so much - he is only 2 weeks old. I'm dreading the surgery he will need six weeks from now and just want it all to be over.
I'm exhausted, so I'm off to bed to try and get however much sleep Daniel will give me.
4 comments:
Try some Crocks as sandals. My baby has fat feet too, but crocks slip on fine and they have holes so they can act as sandals too. I like the blue ones.
E has extra wide feet, i found that out when we went to get his first pair of shoes and the velcro wouldn't even close. The only shoes that fit him are stride rite. they're just about the only shoe company that make extra wides. they are expensive, but if you wait until they have their buy one get one 50% off or when Dillards has their shoe sales on then you can usually pick up a couple at a good price. Good luck!
I hope that all goes well! I am sure Heavenly Father will watch over him. I will keep Daniel and you in my prayers!
I should keep score as well with my two little ones. I would hope that Chris and I win more than they do although from one day to the next you never know. You did better than me though on the first day that Chris left to go to work I called him crying an hour after he left but he talked me through it and by the time I called Elizabeth and Abby were both asleep (nap time is good if they cooperate) so we survived. Keep at it, many more have done it before us.
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