My poor blog has been so neglected lately! I've got several projects that I've been working on near completion (the baby announcements and setting up the computer room, a task that I left unfinished because I gave birth) so I'll have more time to post. More time, but not a lot of time!

I remember my cousin telling me that after she had her baby, she had NO time at all. The baby needed so much attention that she hardly even had time to wash the dishes - it would take her two hours to finish them because she kept on getting interrupted!

I came to expect that when I had my little booger, though it wasn't too bad the first couple weeks since I had help from people staying over. But in those first couple weeks, I thought that this whole baby thing wasn't too bad. Benjamin would eat for about 15 minutes, then go to sleep for 2-3 hours, leaving me a lot of free time to work on other things. Not too bad at all, this baby thing would be easy!

Boy, was I wrong!

Once he turned 3 weeks things changed. He ate more often and longer, and had periods of wakefulness that he didn't have the first couple weeks. He'd be awake for hours and I'd have to figure out when he wanted, whether it was being fed, changed, or just held and talked to. I'd sit down to eat, take a couple bites, and then I'd hear the oh so familiar hunger cry, having to leave to feed him and come back to a cold dinner.

That's what I get for thinking that this was going to be a walk in the park!

But I'm not complaining, (too much, anyway) I love spending time with my baby and although I may get cranky at 7 in the morning when he's woken up for the 3rd time after initially falling asleep at 4am, I still love this little guy.

With that, I must go. His little baby-talons are scratching at my arms and he's looking at me as if to say, "HEY MOMMY! YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO ME! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME!"

Ciao!

Posted by Yano at May 8, 2006 11:15 AM

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