We had talked about several different names when I was pregnant. We settled on Rockwell for the middle name pretty soon after we found out it was a boy. For a first name we mentioned Andrew for a while. Then I liked Samuel while we were on Trek, and loved James for the last several months. But when the nurse handed him to me all wrapped up, he just LOOKED like Andrew.
After last night I may rename him.
7:30 PM: Max and Benny fall asleep both at the same time for the first time in a long time without crying, fighting, giggling or calling for me. Good thing because Andrew became Grumpy Grumperson.
8-10 PM We nurse, rock, swaddle, shush, nurse, swaddle, shush, rock, walk, change a diaper, then start all over.
10 ish: Grumpy toots and toots and then settles down to really get to business with the nursing. JB, dozing on the couch, stumbles off to bed.
11:00 PM: I catch Mitt Romney doing David Letterman's Top Ten, realize Andrew is finally fully asleep, and put him in his bassinet. I go downstairs to cover up Max and Benny and put chapstick on their lips (I do it while they sleep so they don't lick it off), and put the dishwasher on a 4-hour delay so I don't have to hear it while I fall asleep.
2:00 AM: Andrew wakes up to nurse. But instead of going back to sleep, he becomes Grumpy Grumperson again. Squirmy and tooty again.
3:00 AM: JB takes Grumpy out to the living room to walk, rock, swaddle and shush him.
I send a text to my sister that says "Darn you kale. So yummy in soup, so gassy for baby's tummy."
3:10 AM: I hear the dishwasher start. Great.
5 ish: Andrew wakes up to nurse. I tuck him in bed next to me and we both fall asleep. Yes! I dream I'm part of BYU's coaching staff. Weird.
7:20 AM: The boys come upstairs to our room. "We saw a seven!" they say. They aren't supposed to leave their beds until they see a 7 on the clock. We set their clock to give us a 20 minute buffer window of sleep. JB gets up, I keep sleeping.
8:00 AM: Andrew wakes up, but he isn't Grumpy anymore. Then I realize I had all the leftover soup yesterday as well, which means tonight we could have a repeat performance.
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Couldn't you just not eat the soup?
I ate the first batch Monday and I think that caused Tuesday night's discomfort. I had the leftovers Tuesday for lunch. But maybe the lunch is what caused it last night. Who knows.
I will have to remember that. Little Liam was upset last Saturday, and I did make a soup with kale in it! AHH! Love your stories...
that sounds awful :( cute about the boy seeing a 7 though
Poor sleepy parents! Did you get any sleep last night?
I just love the "toot toots". Yeah...poor kid was gassy....and had to get it out...once it is out...they feel much better. Hope you get better sleep....oh and love the idea of putting chapstick on the kids when they are asleep. I think my kids keep it on....but if I notice them starting to lick it off....I might do it your way.
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