I need Mary Poppins

[judecorp]

hopemcg and meglett and Quinn are coming to stay with us on Friday. OMGSQUEEEE, I am so excited I could pee my pants. Yay!

But there's nothing like impending houseguests to really point out how dirty your house is, you know? Oh, I don't mean we live in filth or that our floor is lined with dirty dishes or anything gross like that, but certain things tend to get left out because they're tough to do with a baby. Things like vacuuming.

Today I put the Punk in the Moby and proceeded to vacuum the entire house. And I do mean the entire house. And oh my god it needed it. But trying to vacuum a whole house with an 18lb kid attached to you, trying to get away? Hard. Much harder than it was when she was about 1 month old, which I think was the last time I did it. But yay, done.

I also finally pulled the couch cover off so it could be washed. It was lovingly stained with months of spit up. Now that she doesn't spit up so much, it's time.

That might not seem like a lot of work but you don't really understand what a day with Punk looks like. Unless she is asleep, I cannot be doing anything else but interacting with her and holding her and touching her and going from activity to activity so she does not yell and cry. If I want to eat, she needs to sit on my lap. If I have to go to the bathroom, I take the Bumbo seat with me. If I need to do something where I can't carry her (like put laundry away) I can put her in the exersaucer IF I can get it done in 6 minutes, which is her limit. And I can hardly vacuum while she is sleeping.

Speaking of sleeping, I tried to get her to nap without the swaddle again today. After an hour, and her becoming totally hysterical, I broke out the swaddle. She is still sleeping. But I may never recover. I don't even know what to do anymore.

But when you DO manage to vacuum with an 18 lb kid on you, AND you get the couch covers washed and dried, AND you managed to entertain a baby all day, AND you spend an hour making a baby hysterical because she just can not sleep unless she is totally immobilized (no matter how much she hates it), the last thing you want to hear from your wife is, "So did you get anything else done?"

Yeah. I got to eat lunch. At 2pm. And I e-mailed the information to the accountant. And got the mail. But I still haven't had a drink today. Aah well - it cuts down on the bathroom trips for sure.

I have fantasies sometimes of having that baby you can put down on the floor for a few minutes while you eat or check e-mail. Like real fantasies. I also have nightmares of what will happen when my child, who needs constant one-on-one attention and copious amounts of parenting to sleep, needs to go to child care. Sometimes I don't know how much longer I can do this... or if maybe she whines and cries so much because someone else would be a lot better at taking care of her. Heaven knows I'm not able to take care of the house at all, and maybe a better mama would be able to keep my kid from crying all day.

I need Mary Poppins.

Comments

[lelumama.livejournal.com]

my day has been shit too.

I am never having kids again. 3 is enough. No matter how bad I want another tiny baby, no effing way.

Mark worked late tonight. For the third night in a row. I'm in a mood.

[lelumama.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, I told Mark I needed a few hours alone this weekend. I need to get away, before I resent them all.

And this comes after my 2 weeks of being bedbound, with Mark doing everything and him hysterically sobbing to me on Day 5 about how shitty he felt that he took everything I did for granted.

I just need a break. Not one with stitches and painpills and being trapped in bed, but somewhere where it's quiet and there are adult people and I can drink wine or something.

Wee

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Let's go on a cruise, mama. We'll lie out on the deck and drink froo-froo drinks (when you're feeling better) and our biggest concern will be what brand of sunscreen to use.

Just say when.

[lelumama.livejournal.com]

when.

whenwhenwhenwhenwhenwhenwhenwhen.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Honestly? Probably in a gazillion years when I find a money tree and Punk is old enough to ship to Grandma's for a week. :)

[lelumama.livejournal.com]

it'll never happen for me. ever.

someone is always sick, or has a birthday party, or has girl scouts, or has a dr. appt and since I woke up in pain again this morning on top of getting my period, I'm never going to be able to leave the house.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I'll push you onto the cruise ship in a wheelchair if I have to, lady.

We'll leave all the kids with Jen and Mark and send them postcards and seashells.

[lelumama.livejournal.com]

bwahahaha.

and this is why I love you.

That's an awesome mental image.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

xo