Two weeks into parenthood and counting

[lauraflute]

Sue is a darling child. Except for the green poopy diapers. And the refusal to go back to sleep after the 5 am feeding. Otherwise she is absolutely perfect in every way and I want to eat her up with a spoon. She is so well behaved in restaurants, but then again she did hear all the goings on while she was in my tummy so she probably feels right at home.

I went back to work this week, once again proving I'm a tough old broad. I intended to take it easy and only work a few shifts and somehow wound up with almost 30 hours. Ooops. Oh, well, Darvocet is my friend. I'm working a lighter (for me) schedule this coming week and then it's back to full time. Nice while it lasted. Speaking of nice while it lasted, I've relapsed to the smoky side. I'd planned not to, but the day I walked back into the Bee's it was either have one or commit homicide. Seriously, some people almost took up a collection to buy me a pack. I've pretty much kept it at work save half a smoke here and there.

Is it really 3 am? I have no frame of reference anymore. I guess I should go to bed. I've been up since 8:30.

Comments

[yanksfan.livejournal.com]

Awww, she looks like a little boo bear. And if you wrote this at 3:00, then that means I just missed you by fifteen minutes. D'oh!!

[sue-parsons.livejournal.com]

Glad you were able to get back to work, but you'll need to figure out when to sleep - maybe when she is napping?

[lauraflute.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're trying to figure that out. Joe and I try to take shifts but the early morning is the fly in the ointment because she's alert after that feeding and wants to be held and entertained and we're both so exhausted. But I think in a couple of weeks we'll get some semblance of a routine down. Until she changes it again. ;)

[may-child.livejournal.com]

Awww, look at those chubby cheeks!