Never trust a penis.
One of the first lesson's I took to heart. Anyone with little boys can tell you that a little penis is just as untrustworthy as an adult penis. You think you're safe, and then WHAM!!! You and everything close to you is covered in pee. But this lesson leads into the next...
Throwing a blanket over peed on sheets and going back to sleep is okay.
Yes, this is slightly gross, but when you re cuddling your newborn and suddenly at three in the morning you feel warmth spread across your side, changing the baby and getting them nice and dry is priority. Sleeping on clean sheets can wait until morning.
You don't know love until you've been puked on...in the face.
Once upon a time, when little man was still tiny, I was on the telephone when suddenly projectile vomit hit me in the face. I calmly said "I'll call you back," before tripping the cooing baby naked, cleaning him up, redressing him, putting him in his crib, and then quickly getting in the shower. All without puking and only a little bit of dry heaving. There is nothing like puke dripping down your face and hair while somehow managing to slide down the inside of your glasses.
Nothing is sadder than a baby having a nightmare.
Seriously, I have no idea what he dreams about, all I know is that it is distressing and that me telling him that it's alright is not going to fix it. Which leads to...
Mom cuddles fix everything.
The only known solution to my little ones nightmares is cuddling. They are also great for being overly tired, sick, sore, or just cranky. I love getting the cuddles too, because now that he is older, they are sometimes few and far in between.
Sometimes the activities you think will be a hit are a complete miss.
This past summer I bought the martian a pool, thinking that it would be a sure hit because he loves baths so much. Wrongo! Then a while later I got him markers thinking he would like to draw. Wrong again! He absolutely bawled at that one. Apparently he is not an art lover. The only recent hit I have gotten was that I thought maybe he would like looking at the fish aquarium at Cabela's. That was much to my relief because he loves animals and I have been thinking about taking him to the zoo and aquarium up in Salt Lake sometime this next summer, and now I am sure it will be great!
Prepare to share anything you are eating. Ever.
Especially now that we are hitting toddlerhood, my little guy is obsessed with eating real food that he can feed himself. And I'm loving it. I'm a sucker for those big blue eyes as it is, but when he comes up to me and eyeballs my sandwich it instantly finds itself in shreds on his highchair table and my stomach growls.
Silence is questionable.
There is nothing more suspicious than when your normally noisy, talkative toddler is quiet. It usually means mischief is a foot. Or that they fell asleep wherever they just were. Either way investigation is essential.
Well, it is one in the morning, and my brain does not want to work. So there is most of what I can think of off hand at this time of the day! I'm sure there will be more installments of this as time goes by, but for now, this is pretty good. :]
Have a great night!
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