What I like to do in the morning
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:23 AM
Usually Jax wakes up right after Andy leaves for work, which is way too early for me to wake up. Luckily he likes to amuse himself in his crib and will do so until I get him. I've begun to take advantage of this and try to wake up around 8:30 so I can get a workout in, but usually I pull myself out of bed at 9. For the next half hour I get ready for the day and if I have enough time, I'll dink around on the internet, checking my e-mail, blogging, perusing. It's incredible to have this half hour to myself where I can relax and drink my coffee, eat my breakfast and whatnot.
Sure he usually takes a long nap in the afternoon, but that time is reserved for chores and anything else I want to get done. This half hour is purely for me.
When I first started doing it, it was mostly so I could eat my breakfast in peace. Jax doesn't always want to eat his OWN breakfast, so he'll steal whatever you're eating, even if it happens to be the same thing. Of course your strawberry yogurt tastes better than his strawberry yogurt! Another big thing is when we have toast. He just HAS to have mine! My dad told me that I used to eat off of his plate all the time, so one time he fed me a jalapeno. That stopped me from grabbing food off of his plate! This funny little tactic hasn't worked for Jax. We've fed him all kinds of funny things and if he doesn't like it, he'll make a face and go for the good stuff.
Today we are definitely heading off to Wal-Mart to get those protetictive door handle things and maybe another baby gate. Also I hope that it isn't blazing hot outside like yesterday. Holy moley, we went to play outside in the afternoon before swimming and it was just too hot.