It's "Not Me!" Monday, once again. This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can check out her blog here to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
So, I'm a little uninspired tonight, but I did not spend the last hour sitting at my computer trying to come up with SOMETHING to write. So enjoy...this blog was well thought out (or should I say NOT well thought out??).
It certainly did not take me the ENTIRE day last Tuesday to clean my house. I did not start at 9:00 am when Bryce left for work and finish (or stop, at least) at 11:00 pm. Trevin did not fight his naps all day, nor did he want to be held whenever he was awake and not eating. I also DID NOT let him just cry and cry and cry in his crib so that I could get something done. I know that a clean house is not that important and Trevin won't be this young forever.
I most definitely did not use my son's exhaustion/restless naps as an excuse to snuggle with him on the couch for 1 and a half hours while I watched episodes of Jon and Kate Plus 8. I am NOT completely addicted to that show and would never find it okay to use my son as an excuse for my own laziness.
I also did not just contradict myself in the last two paragraphs...
I certainly DID NOT get poop on my hands EVERY time I changed Trevin's poopie diaper this week. Wiping with cloth wipes and dumping poop out of Fuzzi Bunz and into the toilet is easy enough, and once the diaper's in the pail, there's no reason for poop to be everywhere!
I did not go to Trevin's dr. appointment today and find out that he has low muscle tone and, based on the questionnaire, is a little behind developmentally in comparison to other 9 month olds, then continue to worry a little, even though he was born a month premature. I also did not continue to worry even when the dr. assured me that he was doing just fine. And being a former teacher, I most certainly did not feel like I was on the other side of a parent-teacher conference, hearing that my child would possibly be needing extra practice or assistance to reach certain benchmarks. And I am not feeling the slightest bit demoralized at the moment...
I NEVER exaggerate or catastrophize, so that last paragraph was in no way making the appointment sound worse than it was. (But seriously, it wasn't that bad. Trevin's pediatrician is just very cautious and wants to make sure all the bases are covered...it just wasn't a "feel good" appointment, if you know what I mean.)
After this dr. appointment, I absolutely did not skip out on the order to get my blood drawn for fear that I might pass out...something I definitely DID NOT do when I had my blood drawn 3 months ago.
That's what I didn't do this week. What did you NOT do?
4 comments:
Hi Audrey, sorry you had a a rough week! Everything you said brought me back to when Ryan was a baby. I don't know if Trevin is a fussy baby or just going through a phase, but Ryan was fussy. He wasn't content very often in his first year. I can remember him just having to cry so that I could cook dinner or do whatever. His one saving grace (besides the fact that he was a beautiful baby!) was that he was a good sleeper -- that is, after we did the whole "let him cry it out" deal for a couple weeks. Anyway, just rest assured that you are a GREAT momma. Trevin is blessed to have you and Bryce as parents. He will grow up knowing how loved he is!
love,
Amy
P.S. Ryan was also "diagnosed" with low tone. Email me if you want to chat about that!
A great not me mondy to say you only had a hour prior to wright it, I found your blog very amusing espectially the part where you contradicted your self
So sorry you had a difficult week... continuing to pray for you!
Sorry that you had a rough appointment... I know first hand what its like to get the not so great news about your little one... I've had a ton of those not so "feel good" appointments...
and i definately did not do like you and try to figure out what I could blog about on this "Not me Monday" ;)
Post a Comment