M'hijo was cutting a tooth yesterday (his third) and was awake for 13 hours straight. This is unprecedented. Even on his worst napping days prior to this, he's at least taken a couple of twenty-minuters, giving me a chance to catch my breath! On top of not wanting to sleep, he didn't want to eat anything, which meant he was nursing a lot. Not a good day for mama.
The way I was feeling at 4:30 yesterday, as I stubbornly took a long shower while he cried in his crib, made me realize how tenuous my sanity is. I ain't no superwoman. Housewife extraordinaire, yes, but superwoman, no. I rely heavily on:
- regular naps for M'hijo
- a helpful and understanding Sahsez
- a helpful and understanding Tobias
- having Abu available a lot of the time for breaks (especially great when he wants attention and we want to have a nice, peaceful dinner) and to look after him while Sahsez and I go to Tae Kwon-Do
Remove any one of these things and I morph into Bitchmother (TM Ayun Halliday) in a matter of moments.
Today, Tobias' mom Marg is picking up Sahsez for some back-to-school shopping, M'hijo is already down for his first nap (after waking up at 5:45! A morning person! Oh JOY!), and the house is relatively clean. I hope this means that today is going to be a bit easier than yesterday. I might even manage to finish my morning pages, which I left off 2/3 of the way through this morning to have coffee with Tobias before he left for work.
