a small post about that sweet treasure of mine...

Babies certainly do have a way of complicating the simplest things.

Putting my baby down for a nap is as hard - and as time consuming - as doing the New York Times crossword puzzle.  On a Sunday.

Luckily for me, I got prepared for work early today.  Made C's bottles, packed his diaper bag, cut some cucumbers up for snack at work today, and put aside his hat, coat and mittens for the bus ride.  I have to take C to work with me today, where his grandpa will meet me to pick him up, hopefully before I'm supposed to start working.
Phew.
So about an hour ago Carter started acting cranky and silly.  Awesome.  So I try to snuggle him on the couch.  Nope.  Try to feed him a nice hot bottle.  Nope.  Try to rock him to sleep.  Nope.  And finally I just give him what he wants - I lay in bed with him in the dark and snuggle.  This almost always puts me to sleep as well, so I try to avoid it.
half an hour later he finally falls asleep.
We have a humidifier in the room because he has a cold.  Water bubble rise to the top sometimes.  You know how these things work.  So up come the bubbles.  And then he starts wailing.  Again.
So.
At the end of my rope, I decide to be brutal with him because we have to leave very soon!!  So I put him in his crib and shut the door.  And I stand outside the door while he bawls for about 2 minutes, and then silence.
I worry for a second that maybe... I don't know.  I worried because he was finally quiet and it happened very abruptly.  So I check on him.  I open the door a little, and it creaks.  And he starts again.

I close the door again, he eventually falls back asleep, but I have to wake him up after only 15 minutes because I have to take him to work with me, on the bus, where he will be picked up at the school I work in by Mike's father, perhaps before I have to start work, perhaps not.

Babies.  Who knew!

I will be posting some photos later, because I'm just overloaded with them and it's been a while.  I'll probably just throw them onto the tail end of this post.  Tah tah!

What's Inspiring This Young Mum Today?

"42"ish Things That Change When You Have a Baby

So.
Babycenter.com is a great website and they send me e-mails all the time, letting me know what Carter is going through at different stages in his life, and offering helpful advice and resources.  It's a great website and I recommend it to any pregnant woman or mother.  So anyway, today I got a real treasure of an e-mail from Babycenter and I wanted to share it.  But, in true This Young Mum fashion, I am only going to share the ones that are relevant and not hoaky or just plain idiotic, for example - you finally figured out what those breasts are for!  Ahem... really?  Thanks, Lady.  (I would also like to point out that there were only 27 things on the list.  But the title says 42.  I don't know).

Forty-two Things That Change When You Have a Baby
by Rebecca Woolf

1. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms.

2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid.

3. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices.

4. You respect your body ... finally.

5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way.

6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than your own.

7. You believe once again in the things you believed in as a child.

8. You lose touch with the people in your life whom you should have banished years ago.

9. Your heart breaks much more easily.

10. You think of someone else 234,836,178,976 times a day.

11. Every day is a surprise.

12. Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. In fact, they please you. (Hooray for poop!)

13. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself.

14. You become a morning person.

15. Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power.
And from our readers...
1. "You discover how much there is to say about one tooth." — Ashley's mom

5. "You realize that although sticky, lollipops have magical powers." — Roxanne

6. "You don't mind going to bed at 9 p.m. on Friday night." — Kellye

7. "Silence? What's that?" — Anonymous

9. "You discover an inner strength you never thought you had." — Ronin and Brookie's mom

13. "You take the time for one more hug and kiss even if it means you'll be late." — Tracey

14. "You learn that taking a shower is a luxury." — Jayden's mom

15. "You realize that you can love a complete stranger." — Dezarae's mom

16. You find yourself wanting to make this world a better place. — Arizona

17. If you didn’t believe in love at first sight before, now you do! — Ciara

18. You start to appreciate Sesame Street for its intellectual contribution. — Anon.

19. You have to quit watching the news because you see every story from a mother's perspective and it breaks your heart. — Brooke&Boys

26. You want to take better care of yourself for your child. — Treasor

27. You can have the most wonderful conversation using only vowel sounds like "ahhh" and "oooo." — littlehulk2008