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.
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.
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!