You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
I was singing this song over and over again yesterday. It is popular on the radio right now and it conveys the previous 24 to 36 hours of my life. We had a bad day. Tabitha could not be consoled. She cried and cried. The usual methods of calming her just did not work. No amount of jiggling, cooing, talking, buggy rides, eating or walking made her happy. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah was what we heard all day and night. You have never seen 3 adults more frazzled than us. You know that look that people have after they have been on a transcontinental flight, that was us. Covered in barf and poo and trying to calm her. David and I finally took her for a car ride @ 9:30 at night. She cried for about 8 excruciating minutes and then came the blessed silence. We discussed the price of gasoline vs. the price of our sanity. Sanity wins, hands down. Today has been a much better day for all of us. Let sleeping babies lie. She is in her car seat after our adventure to the store this morning, still asleep. YAY!! Lets hope we get a new look on life as she sleeps off her milk hangover.
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Ah yes, the ballance between the price of gas and a sleeping child. As the price has risen and Eli takes longer and longer to fall asleep, Adam and I have been discussing one of the first bits of advice we ever got when Eli was born. "Save the laundry till night time- strap down the car seat to the dryer. It will save you millions in gas".
Love all the pictures, I only hope and prey that Tab is not has hairy as my ape brother! Damn you got a lot of hair David.
Jen
LOL Jen
She *does* have hairy ears, back and butt. I hope it falls out before puberty. I love the idea of strapping the car seat to the dryer. I am going to work on that one.
I hope she is more settled today sweetie! Yep the dryer works as does walking on a treadmill or running on the eliptical if you have one.
Not that I did that as it would mean working out. But Dennis ran with her everynight for almost 10 weeks as she loved that.
I took a shower with her each night.
Rose liked dancing to. Good luck finding her favorite thing to do!
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