Best Mom EVER......

Sometimes I have to wonder....did the nurses and doctor's really know what they were doing when they sent a helpless little baby home with me?  Seriously!!!!!

Last week I took the opportunity to take a cat nap while Brayden was down.  I was on the couch and he was in the bedroom.  I laid down and was almost asleep and thought "I should really put the dogs outside so if they bark, they will not wake us up."  What seemed like just seconds later ( 45 minutes), one of the dogs had barked a few times and woke me up. I raced to the back door half asleep to put them outside before they woke up BD. I opened the door and began calling them...but none of them came.  I heard the dog bark again and got upset becuase it sounded like the dogs were in the bedroom! HOW DID THEY GET IN THERE? They aren't even allowed in the bedroom. I raced to the bedroom and opened the door.....only to realize that it wasn't a dog barking at all!!! Brayden had waken up and was randomly jabbering in his crib!  The dogs were all napping themselves in the laundry room!

Again BD was napping in his bassinett just a few weeks after we brought him home. He hadn't really gotten into a schedule yet so I was still unsure as to how long he would go down for a nap.  I had just put him down and went to the kitchen to clean some bottles for the next feeding.  I turned on the sink water for it to get how and started to dissemble the bottle parts to wash.  Through the baby monitor I heard BD start to cry and immediately rushed in. ( This was before I started to read Baby Wise and realized that they usually will settle themselves back down.)  His pacifyer had fallen out so I tried to put that back in but that didn't work. I re- swaddled him, I checked his diaper, I bounced him, rocked him, and burped him.  About 25 minutes later he fell back asleep and I laid him down.  Upon returning to the kitchen I realized that I had left the water running becuase I thought I would be RIGHT BACK!  One of the bottles had fallen down into the drain and stopped the sink up. THANK YOU LORD...we have the inset sink with the overspill guard.  The water was only running over to the other side of the sink and had not flooding the counters! 

Lessons I have learned this month:

1) Never assume you will "Be right back."
2) Everytime BD cries it does NOT warrant putting a bottle in his mouth.
3) The better BD naps during the day, the better he sleeps at night.
4) Borrowed and gently used clothes are truly a finanical blessing.
5) Friends who send you gently used clothes are truly a financial blessing.
6) Don't jump up at the first whimper or cry.
7) Showers are a daily highlight.
8) Trips to Chick-Fil-A for a Large Sweet Tea followed by Wal-Mart are a weekly highlight
9)  Don't wait at the door with the baby when your husband comes home from work. He's had a long day too.
10) Some kids poop twice a day, and some poop every other day! IT'S OKAY!
11) Morning times are the sweetest times for cuddling and playing
12) Even a baby boy has some amazing trajectory.... from both ends.
12) We are thankful that we didn't buy that new couch.
13) Having a baby and a new puppy at the same time is not suggested.
14) AND....not matter how much baby baggage you have to get out of the car..always make sure you get your wallet and purse out! EVEN IF IT REQUIRES A SECOND TRIP!

See you  next month for BEST MOM EVER!!!