Domestic tales in parenting a Firecracker, Velcro baby!
What a week! Glad it’s over and we’re in a new one.
So Sidekick has been sick. This was the first time she’s been properly sick, temperature going up and down, trips to out of hours doctors, just not a lot of fun!
Then when we get out of that, I end up with a swollen eye, for no reason. Just all swollen shut.
It’s really hard to keep up with Sidekick when only one eye is working!
Sidekick loves crawling but she’s now working on walking.
I’ve read a lot that high demand babies, Velcro babies have a lot of energy, they demand to move, to be free.
That is totally true with Sidekick.
Whilst this is great news for the future it’s not so great in terms of going anywhere.
Do you ever feel that you just aren’t enough.
That no matter how hard you try, no matter what you do, it just doesn’t seem to be good enough.
I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel at the moment.
Weekends always used to rush by before I had Sidekick now they’re over before they even begin. Well that’s how it feels.
Like every other parent out there I try to do as much as I can in the weekend to get ahead in the coming week.
Washing, cleaning, cooking.
Simple domestic things.
I also try and spend some quality time with Sidekick and Hubby. Otherwise I’d never see him!
I started writing this blog as a way to get my feelings out and also to show that not all babies do what the baby books say they should. I wanted to connect with other parents who have experienced similar things and slowly I think that’s happening.
What I don’t want is people thinking that life with a Velco baby is hell. Yes it can be little more challenging and sure we might be a little more exhausted than other parents but life with a Velcro baby is still wonderful.
So because of that this post is different, it’s about mundane everyday life showing a different side of me. Specifically this post will touch on how upon learning of approaching parenthood Hubby and I wondered and discussed how ‘green’ we could be but also selfishly how green we wanted to be.
We knew that we wanted to raise Sidekick to have a love of the outdoors, a respect for nature and to be environmentally responsible.
This isn’t a recipe to eat but it’s darn good fun!
One of the issues I think many parents face is keeping baby entertained. I find it especially hard with Sidekick as she always likes me to be involved with her play time. Which is great, I love spending time with her and watching her grown and learn but there are only so many times I can read her favourite book or play with the whisk (seriously she loves the whisk!).
So I have been looking for different things for her to do. Not just for her benefit but also my sanity!
I think it sounds better than broccoli muffins!
Another weekend gone. I’m sure they never passed this quickly before Sidekick arrived. I can’t believe that in a matter of days she will be 9 months. We are in the last quarter of her first year. I’m not sure how I feel about that!
As any parent knows time is a precious thing so I spend a good chunk of the weekend cooking ready for the week ahead when I’m flying solo.
This weekend was a bit of a challenge in the cooking department as I had new things to consider.
