The past 48 hours have been like Newborn Redux around here: incessant crying, a constant need to be held, and night waking at 1 hour intervals. It’s Larissa 2.0 except this time I suppose I could look on the bright side and take into account that at least I’m not concurrently recovering from a C-section (although if this keeps up, an elective lobotomy may be in order). Our poor baby girl has dodged the H1N1 Virus, but is still in the menacing grasp of one of its minions.
Just look at these sick widdle eyes:
“Mommy, why do bad things happen to good people? ( I mean me, not you.)”
When she’s not being held, these are the results. Be thankful that I didn’t post the audio file.
“ARMS! STAT!”
Since my sole purpose in life these days is to hold the wailing banshee pictured above, Kellan has had to fend for himself. For example, this was breakfast:
Pictured from L to R: Processed cheese slices (fingerpainted into the table-yay!) Ritz Crackers; Alphabet butter cookies (hey, they’re educational!); granola bar. Kellan’s face pretty much tells the story of how he feels about my parenting right now (or always).
In my defense, it is REALLY hard to do much more than rip open a cellophane wrapper when you are cradling a screaming bowling ball. Trust me, this is a big step up from yesterday when he started his day with a “fun-sized” box of Mike & Ike’s. Currently he is lunching on Oreo cookies and a discarded bagel from breakfast that he pulled out of the garbage (To quote George Costanza, “It was lying RIGHT on top!). I wish I were kidding. I expect that parenting commendation from the President to arrive in today’s mail.
Last night my husband thought it would be “fun” to let Kellan take photos of me as I attempted to work on homework with Larissa on my lap. The night before I’d logged approximately 2 hours of sleep, broken up into “fun-sized” pieces thanks to our feverishly shrieking daughter. Awesome. Here’s me trying to look on the bright side!
“Go ahead and take all the photos you want. I just booked myself a one way ticket to Barbados.”
