Let's just pretend I'm being a dutiful father and writing this post on Sunday, when I should have, mmkay?
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So today was the longest I had been alone with Kadin since the day he was born. Back then all he did for a few hours was sleep, get a professional bath and diaper change from a handy dandy nurse, then sleep some more.
Now, 9 1/2 months later, he's a bit more involved with the world around him.
I dropped Tonia off at work for about 8:30 and got home just before 9. As Kadin had gotten an early breakfast by 7:30 AM, he slept most of the ride home and for a little bit once we got inside. Instead of sitting on the couch in a coma like I wanted to, I figured I would be productive and do some work!
Here are the goals I set out for myself that day:
1 - Clean kitchen (empty dishwasher, fill dishwasher, wash pots, wipe down counters)
2 - Wash all dirty bottles
3 - Make up Kadin's bottles for the day
4 - Make formula
5 - Clean off kitchen table (it quickly becomes our storage area if left for more than 30 minutes)
6 - Tidy livingroom
7 - Vacuum
8 - Tidy livingroom
What did I accomplish?
1 - Brushed my teeth.
Ok, so my morning wasn't quite as productive as I would have liked it to be. But at least I was spending some excellent quality time with Kadin. We played hide-and-go-seek all around the apartment, had some tickle time, and played "Abu is going to lie down face-first in the livingroom while Kadin climbs all over him and Abu only clings to conciousness by holding Kadin's ankle so that Kadin can't get away where he might get into trouble". That's a really fun game.
As we aproached lunch time, Kadin was getting a bit cranky. I figured since it was only 11:15 I would give him a small bottle to get him to settle down until he had his lunch about 30 minutes later.
It worked a bit too well, and he took a 2.5 hour nap.
Now, Tonia is always accusing me of trying to solve all of lifes problems with a bottle. It's true, but I'll never admit it to her...heh.
The whole time he was asleep I suppose I could have accomplished a lot. I felt justified in not ultimately getting anything significant accomplished because I thought "he might wake up any moment now..".
By the time he woke up he was so far past his lunch that I gave him another bottle until it was time to pick Tonia up from work.
The rest of the day kind of flew by. All I remember now is Tonia working very hard to reverse all the damage I did to Kadin's well-formed schedule. Tee hee.
Posted by Hasan at June 23, 2004 11:27 PM