So I Remember

It helps, when she's FINALLY gone to sleep, only to wake up screaming right when "Grey's Anatomy" starts, to repeat the mantra, "I still have my sense of humor," as I run in to calm her.

Yes, it definitely helps, when she starts again right after a commercial and I mistake it for hunger and begin to nurse, resulting in a spit up all over my leg and her outfit, and when I unsnap her soiled outfit, spit up chunks are launched in a three-foot circumference of the changing table, and then she sneezes on me, propelling yet more spit up on me via her nose.

Goodness me. Is there a fast forward button on this thing?

Did I tell you that she learned to smile this week? She's so freakin' adorable, whether the smile is an Elvis smirk, a devilish grin or wide open joyousness. It's amazing how she can make her face completely light up. Then, within seconds, it changes. Subtley at first... maybe it's the eyes. Maybe the mouth. Almost instantaneously it's obvious that the girl isn't as happy as her face has misled, and I find myself repeating something I used to say to Bug so much at this stage: "Oh no! Not that face!"

I am working on getting a picture of the smile. It has thus far been elusive. Read the above paragraph for a clue.

Are you shopping? Motif Monday is coming (or maybe already here for many of you).

Comments

[janasayqua]

gah I'm trying to keep up with the posts.

Sorry to hear about Maisy's cooter first off. It's a horrible thing to lose.

Next, the chucks, oh the chunks. I am not ready for those. The smile is worth it thought, right?

My youngest was the QUEEN of projectile vomiting. I had her on her changing table once and she hurled so far it didn't touch anything but landed all the over on her crib. Lovely.

I forgot about the millions, I have to come up with somethin!

[wordgirl]

Our oldest was a power-vomiter. I always had to bring spare clothes for him...and for me.

[Andrea]

Do you have plenty of burp cloths? I had a huge stash of 'em with Audrey because she had such severe reflux and spit up copiously at LEAST once a day. And when I say burp cloths, I don't mean the wimpy little bigger-than-a-washcloth-but-smaller-than-a-hand-towel ones. No, the only way to go is with cloth diapers. Gerber prefolds or birdseye weave are best. I'd start with a couple of dozen. Seriously. (unless you want to wash them every day, then half that would probably be fine.)

[pea]

Since I've never had a kid yarf on me, I imagine if I have a kid it will devote much of it's time yarfing all over me. That's how it works, right? Balancing the yarfing universe and all.

[little sister]

I'm completely amazed that you can write two paragraphs about the middle-of-the-night waking-ups, getting puked on, getting snotted on....then you say, "She's so freakin' adorable."

That's the mark of a wonderful mom if I ever heard one!

xoxoxo
lil sis