Baby Explosion
I thought I had a lot of baby stuff. I was concerned about the state of my house because we really don’t have a lot of storage. I had no idea what “a lot of baby stuff” actually looks like. I finally got out of the house today and was able to do a shopping run and now I truly have “a lot” of baby stuff. I don’t have a clue where we are going to put it all. Right now our dining room table is covered in baby pants, baby medicine, a jumbo pack of wipes and various stimulating baby toys. And let’s not even mention the pretty blue monster baby Halloween costume. Where am I going to take him on Halloween? I hardly think a 3 week old needs to go trick or treating.
Part of my various baby equipment includes a breast pump. I brought it out today and had the motor part sitting on the kitchen counter. My mom has never seen it before, which led to this fun conversation:
Mom picks up the motorized pump and starts rubbing it around on her neck.
I look on in a state of confuddlement.
Mom: Is this your vibrator?
Me: Uhhhhh. . .
Mom: I need a good vibrator. How do you turn it on?
Me: Uhhhhh. . .
Mom: It is the perfect size to vibrate my neck. Why isn’t it vibrating?
Me: It’s a breast pump. I don’t think it vibrates.
Mom: Oh. It would feel so good to have a vibrator. Do you have a little vibrator I can use?
Me: thinking that my mother doesn’t need to know about the contents of my bedroom nightstand Uhhhh. .. No.
She’s so silly. I’m going to miss her when she’s gone. I know I’m going to be bawling tomorrow night and Saturday morning. It’s just so sad that my life has led me so far away from my family. It never bothered me before, but I want Erik to grow up knowing his grandma. It’s a good thing she has two grandkids waiting for her at home or I don’t know if she would actually leave.
Now, I really need to go and sort through my baby stuff explosion and see if I can find the baby nail clippers and a whole load of courage. My poor baby has scratches all over his face and does not approve of hand mittens. I am scared he is going to scratch up his eyeballs. He loves his hands and I often have a hard time feeding him because he likes sucking on them, then he gets mad when they don’t give him any milk.
October 20th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
When my aunt left my cousin after A #1 was born I remember hearing stories of my cousin crying, my aunt crying, the baby crying, etc…but she got through it. Technology is so great these days you and Erik will be able to communicate with her just about whenever you want. Let me tell you though, there’s nothing like a baby to make your parents visit more often.
Maybe you should think about putting a lock on your…um…goody drawer (?) until your mom leaves. lol
October 20th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
Your mom is funny. There is nothing like having your mother around. Just think she’ll visit more often now because of the baby. It will be a good thing.
Some advice about the nail clippers. Be careful. I recommned buying baby emory boards. They are really little and gentle but work perfectly for filing the nails instead of cutting them. You can get them at Babies-R-Us or probably Target.
October 21st, 2005 at 2:33 am
I can sympathize.I come from an extremely close family. I moved out of state to be with my bf. After we married and decided to start a family we moved back. We wanted our children to grow up with their grandparents, aunts , uncles, cousins… like I did(he’s an only child , parents deceased). We wanted them to know the meaning of family. I also believe in the support system of an extended family, especially when the children are small. So many families just don’t have that anymore. Recently my husband was offered a job with a huge salary increase.Our standard of living would have gone way up but there is no way we’d give up what we have-our family- for material things.
October 21st, 2005 at 6:21 am
Clip the nails while he is sleeping. Do it frequently – they grow at an amazing rate.
October 22nd, 2005 at 1:38 am
OH MY GOODNESS. that is some funny stuff your mom was saying. that would freak me out.