daily humor

I have to share some funny things from yesterday...

First off, Mac has started to melt around 11ish, which isn't like him. They sleep from 8:30-9:50, nurse at 10, and we do cereal at 11. Before starting cereal, we would play until they went to sleep at 11:30. Since adding cereal, I have played around with when to give it to them... Either way, I feed cereal one at a time.

Since P finishes nursing first, I give her the cereal first. I used to feed her at 11, then him at 11:15. Well they were both puddles in the floor by the time that meal was finished so I pushed feeding up 15 minutes: P eats at 10:45, and M eats at 11. She loves her cereal and eats it pretty well. She's up to 2.5 tablespoons. Then I watch her cues as to whether she still has energy to play or needs to lay down.

A meltdown in the making

Mac is next.. He very intent when he watches her eat. He follows the spoon with his eyes- bowl to mouth, bowl to mouth. Sometimes I sidetrack and give him a bite. ;o) Then when it's his turn, the poor boy melts... So I play musical chairs trying to figure which position makes him happiest. When all else fails, I hold him in my lap, and we all wear the cereal. Here he was trying to feed himself. Such a big boy.

I laid him down as soon as he was finished while P played. He fussed for a minute and had been quiet a while when I took P to her bed. As if on cue, P sneezed as soon as we got close to their side by side cribs, and Mac's head popped up like a jack in the box. I ducked, P cried, and then Mac whimpered as he anxiously looked for me. So here I am, squatting beside the cribs trying to figure out how to get P's diaper changed and her in bed without Mac seeing me. (If we make eye contact, it's all downhill from there so there's lots of feeling around without being visible.) I waddled- still in the squat position- to the dresser/changing table, and Mac had turned his body to facing my back. As I peeked over my shoulder, there was his sweet face. It was a gridlock .So much for my National Geographic movements around the room. I got caught.

Later I found some "dry skin" on my neck. I need to put lotion on this, I thought. As I went to cover this dry spot with lotion, I realized it was peeling.. hmmmmmm, that's weird. Yeah, pretty sure it was cereal!!! Gross! I am a baby cereal-wearing mom. Goodness. And yet, somehow, I love it. ;o)

-ashley