The Mundane

my baby is on a routine. eat, play, sleep. it is an extremely loose interpretation of Baby Wise (an over explained and over complicated way to make your baby sleep through the night). so far, he made it eight hours one night! yay for us! two things though:

a. it could have just been a growth spurt. he was super duper tired and ate like crazy all day that day

b. i forgot this reason. i'll come back to it.

with this routine comes predictability, which is wonderful! beautiful! easy! and predictable! my little boy's whines and cries are now easy to interpret into english. i could (roughly) know when i would have some free time to say, shower or even make myself a meal (besides the usual peanut butter stuffed pretzels i stuffed in my face real fast. they are delicious by the way). 

predictability also breeds the.. duh duh daaaa... mundane. 

oh yea, reason two: it has only happened once so far. so don't get your hopes up.

the mundane. eat, play (which sometimes can be interesting. other times it is like talking to a brick wall. no response. thanks kiddo), sleep. 

thought of another reason/statement: my kid is such a noisy sleeper. haven't moved him into his own room yet. i'm a softy.

the sleep part is still unpredictable. like right now. hold on one minute... ok. sometimes i have time for a nice long hot shower, maybe some dishes and laundry, other times i only have time to gulp a cup of coffee. as he ages, he becomes a lighter and pickier sleeper. the mundane part is the repetition. this routine repeats itself every three hours, and in my case, every two because my kid is a piggy and is growing like a little cute bean sprout. it isn't just he repetition of eat, play, sleep but also of the daily tasks of home managing. i swear i never did this much laundry when i was working. and dishes, it is easier just not eat, less things to do and clean. then it is tidying up the place--burp towel here, and there, and over here, bottles to be cleaned, cat to be fed and tickled, and pet and then tickled again and then fed again, dang cat. who has time to clean the bathrooms, vacuum the couch where my cat sleeps and the chair where my cat sleeps. so much for finishing my thank you cards ten years later or painting or crafts or what else did i ever enjoy doing. (my baby has such a cute snore. asleep at last).

i do feel like i have more time with this routine though. it is a jump up from the chaotic "oh crap, why are you crying, you hungry, poopy, tired, sad, mad, maybe hungry? why won't you sleep, here take a pacifier, sshhh" routine i was following.

but my original plan of this whole mundane vent: its the little things in between that make it so worth it. i would take this "mundane" life over fun-exciting-unpredictable-having a night life type of life. i mean, look at this face

i get to play with him all day (when he isn't sleeping). but even then, he is addicting

yes, more

with papa

and nana

see? even sleeping can be fun. in the mundane life, you need to look at the little things and find the exciting in them. you don't need a crazy story to make memories. sharing a cup of tea with my mama are some of my favorite memories. it's who you spend those minutes with and honestly, my little boy is the most interesting person out there. there is still so much to learn about him!