These days, Dylan is with me MWF and now that Tom is back to work, I’m trying to find activities for us that aren’t too challenging but will nonetheless give Dylan a little opportunity to burn off some energy! The hope was that he’d tucker himself out and fall asleep on the way home so that all (me included) could all have a nice mid-day siesta! Unfortunately, it hasn’t worked out so far!
On Monday, our timing was way off! First, Cameron was nursing nearly constantly up until about lunch. Every time I’d finish nursing, I’d try to get either Dylan or myself ready to go, but before the task was completely finished (Dylan still takes forever to get ready!), we’d have to attend to somebody’s potty need (mine, Dylan’s, Cameron’s) and then, it seemed Cameron would want more to eat!!!
After Cameron finally seemed sated, I discovered my clothes were still in the washer, so we had to wait for them to dry! By the time we could leave the house, I was thinking we should just skip the whole thing (as it was nearing nap time already), but poor Dylan had been patiently waiting all morning, so I felt that I should take him anyway!
I was super duper discombobulated that day. I forgot the Peanut Shell and Dylan’s portable potty! Cameron wasn’t entirely happy in the stroller and then Dylan needed to poop after only 45 minutes! He didn’t want to use the public potty, so we just had to pack it up and go home! Unfortunately, after all that hubbub, Dylan didn’t have enough run-around time and he wasn’t even tired enough to nap! He was also a bit bummed out that we had to leave so suddenly so I promised we’d go back again on Wednesday.
Wednesday’s trip was infinitely better. I remembered everything and we had Heather and P.’s company to boot (it was Taliana’s first day of Kindergarten(!) so she was not there). We were able to stay for a couple of hours — Cameron stayed in the Peanut Shell until I awoke her to change her diaper and to nurse her and Dylan and P. just played merrily along.
Dylan fell asleep in the car, but poor Cameron was apparently working on a biiiiig poop and she woke him up with her cries of anguish — shortly after we made it up the stairs (I had 1 kid in each arm!), she had a major blowout that I had to attend to and, poor Dylan, ended up getting a second wind as I was changing Cameron!
Obviously, managing the two has been a bit of an adjustment! But, we’re very grateful that Dylan is such a loving and proud big brother — he is having to wait around for attention and/or help from us — and that Cameron is a pretty “easy” baby so far….
Back Log: At this time last year, we had just returned from our very first camping trip with Dylan!
