{just give mommy a minute!}

Today was one of those days. Lucy could not be put down for ONE second. I sure had a heck of a time getting ready for work. I swear I almost wore my pajamas today. I never got a chance to eat breakfast and was finally able to eat lunch when I got to work at 1pm....

So, yeah....after a full on screaming fit pretty much all morning, with a morning nap also being an epic fail...I put her in the crib for a minute so I could go wash out her cloth diaper. She screamed, of course, because I left the room. She was burying her head in the blanket and had her butt up in the air. Then all of the sudden....it stopped. Quiet. I rushed in to see what happened....and she had the blanket pulled tight over her head. When I moved it off of her face, I see that she is out cold.

Of course....she finally falls asleep 5 minutes before we needed to leave the house! Oh man...I did have to laugh, though.

It's these kind of days that I wish I really could just sit and hold her all day long. Obviously she is needing extra love for some reason and I want to be the one to give it to her! But unfortunately, today was one of the 3 days in the week that I actually go to work. I felt terrible handing her off to the babysitter...partly because I know Lucy was needing some mommy time, and partly because I knew it would probably make for a rough day for the babysitter. Zach said things weren't any better when he picked her up this evening...

It really must be frustrating to not be able to say exactly what you need at that moment. "mommy, my teeth hurt!", "mommy, I don't feel good!", "mommy, I just want you to hold me!", "mommy, I'm bored!" So all we can do is try our best to meet her needs from moment to moment. I think we're doing a pretty okay job around here most of the time :)