I got through Chris' first business trip since having Margaret. He was gone for two
daytimes, two bedtime routines, and one overnight. I found myself pretty humbled because it was a short trip and I even had our two-mornings-a-week nanny come in for six hours one day to help me, yet
still I was exhausted and felt "at my limit." (To be fair to myself, it didn't help that Margaret had a 5-day stretch of giving me only two to four hours of broken sleep per night, and then the first night she slept vaguely okay, the two-year-old screamed bloody murder throughout the night. I've been "running on fumes.") It's quite something to anticipate the lengthy absences he has coming up.
Putting the kids to bed myself resulted in John making this strange little camping mat for himself. That pad is narrow and meant for a window box seat.
And Mary fell asleep on the floor in the landing upstairs instead of in her bed. I kept putting her in her bed and she kept coming out. Eventually she fell quiet and this is the scene I found!
Putting the kids to bed myself resulted in John making this strange little camping mat for himself. That pad is narrow and meant for a window box seat.
And Mary fell asleep on the floor in the landing upstairs instead of in her bed. I kept putting her in her bed and she kept coming out. Eventually she fell quiet and this is the scene I found!
You survived!!! Way to go! :)
ReplyDeleteI STILL haven't fully bitten the bullet of getting Mary Elizabeth to fall asleep on her own. Gotta work on that one ASAP. You've done well.
Imagine what you could do if you slept! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you managed beautifully, though.
they are sleeping, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteElaine: Yes, the kids really were asleep in those photos. John stayed on his narrow little mat for half the night. I left Mary sleeping on the landing for several hours before Chris came home and moved her for me.
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