My life hasn’t exactly been the most scintillating this week. After I had fun being 90s rocker Kez at a music festival on Saturday, followed by the pamper fest that was Mother’s Day, reality has come back to hit me in the face. Today was definitely one of those days! I’ve documented it here in tweets, rather than photos because no-one wants to see my dirty dishes, my bra-less, frumpy “staying in” outfit or the fact that the Little Mister wore his pyjamas ALL DAY.
That was the worst night’s sleep ever. Poor Little Mister kept us both awake 🙁 we are buggered. His eyes are all googly.
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 14, 2013
The Little Mister woke me at 2am and I do not think I slept solidly from then until 7am. I spent over an hour loitering in the hallway outside his room while he whinged, stopped, whinged, stopped, whimpered, stopped, cried, stopped. He had misplaced his dummy and when I finally couldn’t take it anymore (do I get points for patient parenting?), I found him sitting bolt upright in the corner of his cot, eyes squeezed shut, having a whinge. He did look so sad. He had tried reeeeeally hard to manage without his dummy (which he is addicted to at sleep time), but it just wasn’t working out. I then spent the next hour awake in bed hoping he wasn’t too uncomfortable or sick and worrying that he might have wet through his nappy (or was due to). I wasn’t going back to have a look-see!!!
I swear the Little Mister got wind of our date night planned for tomorrow and is slowly but steadily trying to destroy us.
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
It’s starting to feel like a conspiracy. My husband got me tickets for a show a million bajillion years months ago. We’ve been so excited for our upcoming date night and it’s almost here! Of course, the Little Mister spends the lead up to it getting sick with a cold, suffering a sleep regression and developing conjunctivitis. My parents (the lucky babysitters) are a tad nervous as he’s staying overnight and has revived his separation anxiety issues of late! All I can hope for is a guilt free, care free night – fingers (and everything else) crossed!!! Please don’t let this turn into some kind of cruel twist of Murphy’s lore thing.
Watching PlaySchool and feeling overwhelmed by their arts & crafts.
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
Yeah, yeah. We watched a bit of teev. Little Mister was quite tired and grumpy and I just needed him to sit still for a while. Meanwhile, I looked on in horror at their native animal scene created soley out of toilet rolls and pipe cleaners and all the things that simply are not found in an every day home.
Feel a tad guilty but I’m counting down to nap time!!!
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
It’s just a little bit adorable when the Little Mister uses his toy keys to try and open the door 🙂 Either that or he’s trying to escape :/
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
My sick Little Mister has been drugged up and sent off to bed. I hope he feels comfy and gets plenty of sleep.
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
I’m already excited about going to bed tonight. #ThisIsNotASexyTweet #IJustLoveSleep
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
OK, so I’ve been spending the Little Mister’s nap time watching 48 Hours episodes & drinking Coke Zero. Judge away 😛 #TiredKez
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
…And he’s awake. Good effort, Little Mister. We clocked up a well needed 2.5 hours. Fingers crossed for a nice afternoon.
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
Last tweet was a false alarm. NOW the Little Mister is awake! I may have drifted off for 15 minutes. Thank you, little man! It helped!
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
No joke. 15 minutes of the deepest sleep I’ve ever achieved in such a short time was a lifesaver. I actually felt more rested when I awoke. I guess any sleep is great when you’re existing on 3 hours from the previous night.
Little Mister likes to offer his food to me before he starts a meal. He’s either really generous or he’s checking it’s not poisoned.
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
Reading a book out loud to myself in a circus tent.
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
Due to his usual form, the Little Mister visited me in his IKEA circus tent (where I may have been hibernating a little), with his favourite book. He likes to wait until I put on my enthusiastic face, start reading in a perky voice and then bail. I stubbornly kept reading, hoping he’d come back but I think I knew the jig was up when I heard Elmo singing some song about loving his goldfish (and his crayons too). I may or may not have stayed in the tent for a bit longer…
The Little Mister pretends his toy hammer is a telephone. So funny. Just looks like he’s beating himself on the head (it’s soft and plush).
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
It’s so lucky he’s funny and cute. I was fading fast. He likes to use different toys as phones. He puts them up to his ear, says “Hello”, followed by a lot of emphatic nodding of his head and gibberish that sounds very matter of fact. I hate to think that he may be imitating me…am I really like that? 😛
I need to get out of my head.
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
It was one of those days where I was stuck at home, feeling cabin fever, frustration at all my plans that were put on hold (Little Mister being in quarantine) and fatigue triggering all my insecure thoughts. It was horrible, but I hung in there as best I could and tried to focus on the Little Mister. A good conversation with my husband on the phone really did do wonders. He was a good listener and very supportive. I couldn’t wait until he got home.
Dinner: meticulously removed all of his healthy home made meal from the bowl then Incredible Hulked it from its suction cup attachment.
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
The Little Mister seemed quite suspicious of green beans today for some reason. I tricked him into eating one. He didn’t even notice. One point to me!
Have been soothed and hugged by Mr Prepared. Great for my mental health 🙂 So glad the evening is winding down!
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
Gosh, a hug does wonders. The Little Mister perked right up when he saw his dad (probably sick of my face). That kept him going for a bit longer through arsenic hour.
Little Mister is in the bath. Phew! Rather than his usual nudie run around the house he went limp in my husband’s arms – dead weight! Cheeky
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
The Little Mister loves bath time and I think he secretly wanted extra hugs from Mr Unprepared, so instead of insisting on a nudie run around the house (slippery little sucker), he flopped about in his arms so he had to be carried all the way. Little Monster. He’s a heavy little chap.
The Little Dude is asleep and I’ve watched Home & Away while eating spag bol. All is well…for now!
— Kez (@KezUnprepared) May 15, 2013
I am now writing up this blog post, with my feet up. Psyching myself up for a nice sleep tonight (we hope). Once I’ve posted this, it’s snuggle time with my hubby who has been working longer hours this week so we can make tomorrow’s date night possible. Let’s hope our team work gets us through!!
How was your day? Tell me all the boring stuff 🙂
This post was a part of the Blog Every Day in May challenge.
