Easy-peasy
I watched Kelly's kids for her. Three of them. I was scared. I thought it would be hard. But it was not. They said please and thank you and cleaned up after themselves. I was happy to help and would do it again in a heartbeat. But the number one most amazing thing about them? They handled it so well when they learned that their friend Ben would not be joining us tonight. I excepted a much worse reaction, but they were like, Oh OK.
Why, you might ask, was Ben not here? BECAUSE HE NEVER GOT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's right, my son went to bed for the night at 4:15 p.m.
I knew he was acting cranky and suspected he was getting sick, but never imagined that this was what was going to happen when I suggested he lay down. I went in there several times, but he was like a log. :-(
If only I'd been smart enough to not tell him that his friends were coming ... now he's going to wake up tomorrow and ask where they are. And I'll have to tell him that he missed the whole thing. The only thing worse than that is if it isn't morning at all when he wakes up, but some unholy hour of the middle of the night, like 3:30 a.m.
Seriously, Kelly's kids were angels sent from heaven. I have never seen a 1-year-old like this before. We had those kids for more than four hours and she never made the teeniest tiniest little complaint. I offered to nurse her (with permission from her mom of course) but she wasn't having it. She latched for a second, took a suck and then gave me this look like "what is this crap?" ha ha ha. She wouldn't take my milk from a bottle either, but she did have some juice and cheerios and baby food. The cheerios tasted much better once they were turned into floorios. Of course. Why didn't I think of that?
Why, you might ask, was Ben not here? BECAUSE HE NEVER GOT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's right, my son went to bed for the night at 4:15 p.m.
I knew he was acting cranky and suspected he was getting sick, but never imagined that this was what was going to happen when I suggested he lay down. I went in there several times, but he was like a log. :-(
If only I'd been smart enough to not tell him that his friends were coming ... now he's going to wake up tomorrow and ask where they are. And I'll have to tell him that he missed the whole thing. The only thing worse than that is if it isn't morning at all when he wakes up, but some unholy hour of the middle of the night, like 3:30 a.m.
Seriously, Kelly's kids were angels sent from heaven. I have never seen a 1-year-old like this before. We had those kids for more than four hours and she never made the teeniest tiniest little complaint. I offered to nurse her (with permission from her mom of course) but she wasn't having it. She latched for a second, took a suck and then gave me this look like "what is this crap?" ha ha ha. She wouldn't take my milk from a bottle either, but she did have some juice and cheerios and baby food. The cheerios tasted much better once they were turned into floorios. Of course. Why didn't I think of that?