One Month!

Are you a gambler? I am looking at my daughter right now...peacefully asleep on the couch. Where else? And I'm wondering if she will wake up in 1/2 an hour or if she's halfway through her one 5 hour nap and I've missed my chance to sleep! I wonder if she'll be up for the next 6 hours, if nachos really are a substantial enough dinner at 11 pm, and if I brushed my teeth. Welcome to motherhood...when to eat? when to sleep? And my darling daughter with her roulette wheel sleeping habits! :)

And so we wrap up 1 month of life with Eleanor. She's still darn cute, and cuddly, and overall a very good baby...so far! Will's Mom headed home earlier last week and then his sister came in for a visit. Auntie Ann was very gentle and attentive to little Eleanor. I think everyone burbs her more gently than us! :) As a mom of 3 boys, I think Ann is happy to have a niece...especially if the girl's clothes she purchased with much enthusiasm are any indication!

We enjoyed our last weekend of Will's paternity leave perfecting our napping skills and working on our toolbox of nightime soothing skills for Eleanor-the bouncy chair and in-bed sleeper have been added to our repetoire. Will is back in San Fran, so and we've added Daddy to our Skype chats. I have put into play my solo parenting battle plan-this includes a well-stocked fridge, defrosting a mammoth lasagna and homemade granola cereal-what else would I eat at 3am? I may get sleep deprived but I won't starve! Of course, we miss Daddy and now the daily chuckle over who the unfortunate soul was that got stuck changing a midnight poop has taken as sad turn...it's me. :( Plus, my super hubby was an expert bottle washer. Who will wash my bottles now??

I'm happy to know that I am not alone and my woes are common to most mommies, or so I've learned at my Mommy's Group meetings. What's the most important thing I've learned so far? Passing gas is the equivalent of a gun shot wound to the leg for a newborn. You've been warned!