I drug myself to work yesterday and it suddenly became very apparent to me just how much I do
in the morning: get up, shower, dressed, put on makeup, make breakfast, make my decaf pumpkin spice latte, eat breakfast, pack lunches, get
kids teeth brushed (hubby got them up, dressed and
fed), get
kids shoes and coats on, get everyone
in the
car, drive 45 minutes
in traffic, get
kids and their stuff out of the
car, walk to each
kids» classroom, take out lunches and put
in the fridges, get
kids to put their stuff
in their cubbies and wash their hands, go back to the
car, drive to my office, get out, walk across the lot, down stairs and through two heavy doors to my office, and finally sit down.
We advise against cot bumpers and sleeping
in certain positions and sleeping
in car seats for extended periods and all of these other things because of years and years of extensive research, NOT because someone, somewhere said «Well, my friend Janet
fed her
kids lead paint and THEY ALL TURNED OUT OKAY».
When my
kids were babies, breastfeeding made things a ton easier than bottle
feeding — although not so much on the way there and you need to breastfeed but you're
in a cramped
car and you have to bring baby from the back to the front and it's 4 degrees outside.