...of a "retail widow". I first heard that phrase coined by my sister-in-law. It refers to those of us who are married to men who work the crazy life known as retail sales. Tony is working the crappiest stretch of that life this week. After his ONE weekend off per month he always gets a 6 day stretch of nothing but closings. He leaves here at 1pm and doesn't get home until about 12am. One the one hand, this allows him to be home to help with breakfast, lunch, and both of David's naps. On the other hand, it leaves me alone during the "witching hour" from afternoon snack through bedtime. I know this is nothing compared to the women who have husbands that are deployed over seas......but this is my mini hell.
DAY ONE: Mini victory....his close got switched to an open. I get help at bedtime!!!
DAY TWO: David slept for an hour & a half today (Woo-hoo!!) He woke up in a mildly foul mood just as I got Joshua to sleep. I took David to our room and we cuddled on the bed and I sang silly songs while he had some juice. Then he helped me pick up his toys. Joshua woke up upset but a dry diaper & some cuddling solved that. Both boys were great the rest of the early afternoon. Joshua never did take another nap so I had to prep David's dinner with one foot on the boucy seat. Fun!
David used his carrot & cucumber slices to scoop up his veggie dip ignoring his hamburger patty. He seemed to be eating a TON of veggies until I realized he was doing his hamster routine again. Bits of food crammed into his cheek.....very little of it swallowed. I pulled away his plate & his sippy and asked him to finish chewing. He started to fuss. I told him he could spit it all out but he started to scream to get down. Long story short....I ended up digging half of his carrots out of his cheek b/c he refused to swallow or to spit. He screamed the whole time and I still don't think he really ate anything.
Joshua's bath was next. We are working on 48 hours without a poo for him at this point. He was fine for bath & nursing. No screaming tonight........ thank goodness! David decided that Joshua's feeding time was a great time to scream his head off while playing in a cardboard box. (Mommy has a headache again) Joshua finally fell asleep only to be startled awake by David shouting in his face as I tucked him into the swing.
Joshua screamed all through David's bath, book, & song. No amount of quick-fix stuff helped. Finally got David down and he only fussed for 10 minutes.....all teething fussing. Joshua then took another hour & a half to go to sleep including another feeding, a diaper change, and some cuddle time.
Only 4 more nights until Tony if off again!!!
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