Wed, Jul 19, 2006
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First night without Papa: the girls’ side
I was somewhat nervous about Jon’s trip to St. Louis. Would the baby ever sleep? Would I get stir-crazy and lonely? Would I know how to comfort her crying? Overall, it was quite a success — although I wouldn’t want Jon to take a trip every week or anything. Here is what Papa missed out on in these past 36 hours:
- 11 diaper changes, including 1.5 poops
- 6 naps
- 1 nap revolt
- 2 baths
- 1 hearing of the Saturday Night Live soundtrack (bathtime music for disco baby)
- 1 trip to a La Leche League meeting (although Papa wouldn’t come to that anyway)
- 3 loads of laundry, including 1 diaper load
- 1 feeding at 3:30 am
- 2 walks, including 1 extra-barfy walk
- 2 visits from friends
- 1 lost pound (Mama, not Lucy)
- 3 ounces of pumping
- 1 reading of the August 2006 Martha Stewart Living
- countless smiles, and possibly a few giggles
It wasn’t the same without Papa, but Lucy and I braved these past couple of days together.
Nicole Wetzel said,
July 20, 2006, at 7:27 am
It is always hard for me not to have our whole famly together. Alex and Joseph are becoming more active in cub scouts and although I went camping with them in the spring of 2005 I have bowed out the last few trips because I was pregnant or Naomi was too little. Charles is not a scout but he often gets to tag along. So Andy takes the boys camping. Naomi and I hang out at home. My parents have also picked up the boys for a weekend or two since Naomi has been born….It is odd to just have one baby….I never have had that….I guess kind of special for Naomi….But there is always a little nagging feeling in me….Do my boys know how much I love them? What if something would happen to me? to them? When I shared these feeling with a friend, she shared Psalm 112 with me….here is verse 7…He will have no fear of bad news;his heart is steadfast trusting in the Lord.
I am thankful that I have the Lord to turn to when I experience any of those feelings or some of the ones you experienced. I am also grateful that He has care for each of us and comforts us.
Emery said,
July 22, 2006, at 8:19 pm
Ann,
Yea for hanging in there while Jon is/was gone. We have survived a bunch of times away from Daddy – either we’re gone on a trip without him for IV/ family stuff, or he’s been gone on a trip – and we always seem to make it through well. I find that I usually bond with Mirai in a deeper way through it, although sometimes that is through something fun like a temper tantrum or bad diaper or just boredom that turns into a silly game. And I usually appreciate John more in the end. Hope you had fun! We’re actually Daddy-less this weekend, too, but with family, which is like having multiple daddies around!