I'm going to type something now that most people are going to laugh at (and not the ha, ha-type laugh, but the scoff-type of laugh):
Having this baby is going to help me get a lot of my unfinished projects on track.
And I'm not talking about baby-related projects either (although I'll be doing plenty of them). I'm talking about all of those things that I've started and not finished or never started to begin with.
I think following through with things is one of my biggest challenges in life (and I'm pretty sure it's up there with everyone). I'm not saying that I have all these great ideas and just don't have time for it. I'm saying that I waste too much time on things that I really don't need to be doing.
We bought one of these for Barnabas. Basically, it's a machine that tells you when you last fed your baby or changed your baby or napped (parallel construction, people) your baby, and it makes it so that you can (as much as possible) keep everything on a schedule.
Yes, yes, I know. Having a baby isn't that easy. Feeding should be every 2 hours, but it may be every 1 1/2. Naps should be an hour, but maybe they don't last that long or happen at all.
But at least there's a semblance of a schedule going on, right?
And maybe that's what I need. So now, after I come home from work and finish dinner, maybe I should do some writing or cleaning or organizing instead of watching television or surfing the Internet. Sure, I won't be able to do them for hours at a time -- and certainly less when Barnabas arrives -- but maybe a half hour, a scheduled half-hour. And just so you don't think I'm being selfish, I want Kristen to have this time, too.
There are too many things to get done, and maybe we all need a grown-up Itzbeen to help us get them completed.
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If you figure out how to get that scheduled half-hour, let me know, eh? I'm still waiting for mine...
That timer kicks ass. I am so happy I stole the idea off of your registry. Sure it's a bit silly but when he starts screaming at 3 in the morning and you're like "Why is he screaming?! Why?!" and you look at the timer and say "Oh, it's been 2.5 hours since his last feeding, maybe that's why?" it comes in handy. I plan to find some way to use it in my day to day life after he grows out of it. Like maybe at work "It's been 2 hours since I checked my gmail . . . "
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