earplugs, twitter, and wine
yup… at 2:45 in the afternoon.
if you’re judging me already after just reading the title and first sentence of this post… STOP READING.
magoo should’ve been sleeping for the last hour and 15 minutes. instead, he has decided to scream. i cannot for the life of me figure out why, but that’s what he is doing. screaming as though i am an axe murderer about to wail on him (which quite honestly, i’m considering.)
so i wait a while… cuz i honestly do have work that needs to get done. jackson’s nap times are when i can get that work done unless i stay up all hours of the night, which in turn makes me pretty worthless the following day in terms of care-taking for the magoo. i was for a while. i tweet some funny ha-ha anecdotes like this… and then this…
which of course leads to responses like this… this… and this.
the magoo continues to wail. so i go in. i do the obligatory poop diaper check. all clear. i reattach the pacifier leash to his onesie that he pulled off in his mad fury of anger. pop in the pacifier, and he collapses on my shoulder.
for a moment… just a moment… i think to myself, “phew… ok, we’re good.”
i lay the magoo down and AS SOON as this belly hits the mattress of his crib, he pops up like jackie chan, begins banging on the crib rails, SCREAMING like a non-hot chick in a horror film, and stomping his feet up and down.
and up and down.
and up and down.
so i leave. i walk out.
i am that mom.
and now i sit on my couch, with purple earplugs stuffed into my ears (as though the harder i push them in my ears, the less i’ll hear jackson scream), a glass of wine, and my computer, twittering to other moms who get me.
really get me.
cuz, ya know… not all of them do.
*sigh* so… back to that book review….
0 Responses to earplugs, twitter, and wine
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So you needed to take a lil time out. I’ve felt all the more refreshed and ready to ‘play’ after similar mommy soothing efforts here. You know best… We mommies always do. Hang in there.
XO
Luv ya
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I don’t blame you. I don’t have kids, but I think CIO is the way to go. He’ll calm himself down. And it didn’t even occur to me that wine at 2:45 was anything to be judgemental about until you mentioned it. Clearly we are meant to be. hehe
Been there! except with a beer and my iPod! oh, and my kids were awake. We have to do what we have to do!
Who could judge you for that? The best thing you can do for your your little guy is to do what you need to. My daughter used to do that to me. I’d park myself with my laptop in the laundry room, with the dryer running. Nothing I did settled her down, so for my own sanity (what little is left) I had to walk away. I hope he falls asleep soon and lets you work. Those naps are so important – for Mommy!
Be careful with the cramming of the earplugs. The last thing you’d want to crown off this afternoon is a drunken trip to the ER for an extraction.
Honestly when Gabe was a baby if he would cry himself to sleep I would have been that mom too. Gabriel will not cry himself to sleep. I’m talking crying for 7 hours straight and then it’s morning so I guess he won.
He was a difficult baby. He makes up for it with his blue eyes and sweet voice.
I have to say, I really did lol when EVERYONE responded within seconds with the answer of WINE! Good thing we’re not all hardcore alcoholics.
Oh and BTW…going to make up a ‘My mommy drinks because I cry’ t-shirt for Magoo. What size would you like it it?
My daughter is two, and I still pretend like I can’t hear here when she refuses to sleep! Moanna may be be able to go all day without a nap, but I am a very cranky person if she doesn’t take a nap!
Yep, I get it, I am all for the cry it out method..and you know what it works!
I am that mom too.
Mine did this too. Now neither wants to be seen in public with me.
You’re doing fine. I wish they had internet and Twitter back then. Well, there *was* internet, but most people didn’t have it – and that was only the ’90s! My how things change.
hugs
I am that mom too. Just add a 30min baby einstein video to the mix when I finally GIVE UP!
WINE is mother’s little helper
Thank goodness for wine on those days. Hope he naps better in the future!
One of the reasons you are so awesome is cuz you tell me things like “yeah, i’m taking a walk around the neighborhood with a beer in a paper bag”
sometimes you just need a drink ;]
<3