Madness had a 45-minute nap today. Forty-five minutes. As opposed to 2-2 1/2 hours! So this afternoon was fun. He was fine as long as I was doing exactly what he wanted me to do... like letting him throw his lunch on the floor.
Despite me telling him no twice.
Madness went to his bedroom for the first time today. Aww, my baby's growing up! Good times at Casa Madness! I counted to 45 before letting him out again. Tough love, baby. Tough love.
Today, I also discovered two fantastic resources for Madness Mums everywhere. One, Saving Mum, is Australian, but can be adapted to any country. You can always Google names of things you don't recognise to find out the translation. Sure bet is if you live in a western country, there aren't many things in Australia that you don't have in your country. It's generally just called something else.
Also, and the one I'm maybe even more excited about is FlyLady.net. Oh my! So very Organised and Efficient. If you feel overwhelmed, rundown and a little out of control because you're living in clutter and don't know where to start fixing it, then this site might just be what you're looking for. I've put both links in my resources, on the right-hand side of this blog.
After the short nap and the crazy overreactions, I was more than grateful when Dimples's Mum called to say that we could meet this afternoon, after all.
Big M was also grand when he got home, sweeping the kitchen and the soil that had mysteriously fallen out of the plant pot (I wrote power plant just then, so is my day!) onto the lounge room floor.
Fun tip: Let your Madness do whatever they want. Actual parenting is tiring, and a pain in the butt.
Serious tip: Count on the people around you, seek help from them, let someone know you're struggling. If you pretend you're efficient and coping, they won't know to offer help, so you have to ask them to, instead. Do it. Even if it means asking for an afternoon of You Time.
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April 7, 2008
November 11, 2007
C'mon, Madness! Walkies!
Madness has started taking tentative steps (literally) to becoming the most tiring experience of my life. The very first steps were taken on the 29th of October, where he promptly fell forward onto his hands and then gracefully onto his side (honestly, I was expecting him to come up with shoe polish on his face, and a gun in his hand. He looked just like an escaping soldier in a B-movie. Only little.). He did not walk again for almost two weeks, obviously deciding that commando rolls were not for him. Which is a shame, as they go perfectly with the commando crawling he does through the house. The boy must have elbows of steel.
Now, he's taking two or three steps every hour or so, and no longer rolling to the side when he falls down. His little bum waddles contentedly in his nappy with each step, which is the cutest thing I've seen in a while. Which says a lot, for Madness is pretty darn cute. We've secured the house as much as we're prepared to go, the rest of the time, we'll just have to tell him no.
He's also going through a growth spurt, which means lots of late-night wake up calls. They used to last for hours (literally, at least two) but Big M got the tip off his sister to give him something to eat. When her daughter was going through her spurts, she woke up really hungry. So we tried that, and voilá! he went straight to sleep after his banana. Thank goodness, for it was 1am and I had stayed up late for no other reason than it was Saturday, and I could.
An advantage of growth spurts, though, is that Madness sleeps a lot. He's going for his second three hour nap in as many days as we speak. I napped for an hour and a half of this one, though, so I'm not getting anything productive done. Which is fine. I deserve a weekend, too!
Fun tip: Indulge in a bubble bath. A warm cozy bath after baby's bed time is the perfect way to relax. I often fall asleep in mine, which is not recommended as the acoustics in a bathroom don't do your snoring any favours! And the possibility of drowning (though my husband assures me you can't unless your drunk) is enough to prevent you from dozing off satisfactorily.
Serious tip: Make sure your child has independent play time and use this to have your own. A half an hour of doing your favourite thing (as long as it's not, you know, cracking open the Whiskey) does wonders for rejuvenating the batteries.
Now, he's taking two or three steps every hour or so, and no longer rolling to the side when he falls down. His little bum waddles contentedly in his nappy with each step, which is the cutest thing I've seen in a while. Which says a lot, for Madness is pretty darn cute. We've secured the house as much as we're prepared to go, the rest of the time, we'll just have to tell him no.
He's also going through a growth spurt, which means lots of late-night wake up calls. They used to last for hours (literally, at least two) but Big M got the tip off his sister to give him something to eat. When her daughter was going through her spurts, she woke up really hungry. So we tried that, and voilá! he went straight to sleep after his banana. Thank goodness, for it was 1am and I had stayed up late for no other reason than it was Saturday, and I could.
An advantage of growth spurts, though, is that Madness sleeps a lot. He's going for his second three hour nap in as many days as we speak. I napped for an hour and a half of this one, though, so I'm not getting anything productive done. Which is fine. I deserve a weekend, too!
Fun tip: Indulge in a bubble bath. A warm cozy bath after baby's bed time is the perfect way to relax. I often fall asleep in mine, which is not recommended as the acoustics in a bathroom don't do your snoring any favours! And the possibility of drowning (though my husband assures me you can't unless your drunk) is enough to prevent you from dozing off satisfactorily.
Serious tip: Make sure your child has independent play time and use this to have your own. A half an hour of doing your favourite thing (as long as it's not, you know, cracking open the Whiskey) does wonders for rejuvenating the batteries.
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