If you feel inspired to do the same (and I hope that you do!) please feel free to leave your good thing, or a link, in the comments below.
Clearly, I haven't been posting everyday - as sniffles and coughs made their way around the house these last couple of weeks I count it a success just to make it through each day without collapsing.
We're still a bit foggy headed and congested, but things are clearing up a little bit.
Now. Let me tell you about my very good thing. I'm not even waiting until the day is done.
You may remember I have a baby who does not sleep. He rarely naps - and if he does at all it's for about 45 minutes in someones arms. Then he's up, on average, 10 times a night to nurse. He's 7 months old and so this makes for a very sleepy mama.
Luckily, I have a kind of awesome husband who gets up with the older kids and gets them on the bus before heading out to work himself. Little guy sleeps his longest stretch from about 5-7am each morning.
Naps have become increasingly frustrating for me. Most days I suck it up, hold him in my arms and smile while I watch him sleep. But some days, I am desperate for an hour of mama time - no baby attached.
As I write this, baby boy has been sleeping mostly soundly BY HIMSELF for a whopping 50 minutes. Oh.my.goodness.
I started to clean. I did a quick tidy. Then I grabbed a handful of trailmix, plopped down and got online. It feels a little dirty. Sort of like sitting home and eating bon-bons.
It's not like I don't spend time catching up on blogs, pinning and googling around while I'm nursing. I do. But it's a whole new level of luxury to do all this baby free! Guilty pleasure, for sure!
I don't suppose if napping becomes a habit, that vegging out online will become a habit for me. I'm anxious to dig into some projects. But man, this little sliver of time has felt absolutely refreshing.
And as I type that I hear someone stirring. And for the first time in quite a long time, I'm not feeling too bummed out by that!
A very good thing, indeed.
my nap-time companion
2 comments:
YAY! I'm glad he slept for you! So - uh, you just have random peacocks?
lol pretty much cari! My neighbor has them and they come into my yard fairly often. It's startling to look out the window and see them wandering sometimes!
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