After work yesterday, I drove to my sister-in-law's house to pick up Carolyn.
I didn't get home until after 6:30.
I'd almost finished making dinner before Carolyn hit her usual fussy period at 7.
I was getting fussy, too.
All I could think was, "Isn't it time for bed?"
But it wasn't.
Because Carolyn still needed a bath. And changing. And feeding. And putting to sleep.
I was dragging.
Carolyn and I sat on the couch and cried together.
Because both of us were so tired.
I thought about everything else that needs to be done:
Two heaping laundry baskets of clothes that need to be folded.
Both of the bathrooms are filthy.
The kitchen floor needs to be mopped.
The produce I bought for my well-intentioned-meals-that-never-happened are rotting.
I haven't unpacked from my trip to Nevada.
The garbage is overflowing.
Again.
What I want to know is this:
Do other mothers have super-human powers I don't have yet?
Do you only get them when you have more than one baby?
Do you only get them if you don't complain about how hard being a mother is?
Do you only get them when your baby starts sleeping through the night regularly?
Because I need them.
Like, RIGHT NOW.
Please relay my need to the hander-outter-of-mother-energy-and-power.
Thank you.
5 comments:
I wish I lived closer to you and I would come take care of all those things for you! I know Elder Nielsen once said that he was glad his wife followed the saying (which my mother had hanging in our home and I recite to myself quite often), "Cleaning and scrubbing can wait 'til tomorrow for babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow, so quiet down cobwebs and dust go to sleep, I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep!"
It does get easier when you get more sleep, Carolyn gets a bit older, and you adjust to your new routine (just in time for it to change, by the way!). Again, I wish I were closer, but know I'm sending happy thoughts your way!
Jennilyn
It sure appears that some women have super-human powers. I'm not one of them. I wish I had the super-human powers to mother, wife, clean, cook,garden,etc., too! I'm sure you're doing great!
This morning I was going through a bad mommy situation. I just wanted Marlee to continue to sleep because I was sooooo tired. But she kept fighting it! The only way I could get some rest was to have her on the boob while I layed in bed...she wiggled and kicked me and made noises the whole time..so I'm not sure I even go rest in that 45 mins.
At one point, while she was still in her bed, I covered both my ears hoping that I couldn't hear her fussing..but I could...
It's hard...but then again, if life were easy, would we really learn much of anything???
You're doing great. When I had my first kid I didn't even think I would ever be able to shower and leave the house EVER AGAIN! I just couldn't understand how anyone ever had kids, and more than one at that!
It gets easier. Good luck with it all!
You make me feel SO NOT ALONE!
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