(With parenthetical remarks by Mommy)
7:45 I wake up! Of course Daddy and Mommy are still asleep. I entertain myself making up stories that I narrate aloud, waving my arms about for emphasis.
7:50 Mommy suddenly opens her eyes and bolts out of bed quicker than I've ever seen her get up before. (It was starting to rain and the line was full of laundry.)
8:00 Mommy comes back in, carries me to the living room and changes my diaper. I love mornings!
8:05 I kick and play on the changing pad on the floor. Mommy is sitting in the rocker slurping something out of a bowl while she watches me.
7:50 Mommy suddenly opens her eyes and bolts out of bed quicker than I've ever seen her get up before. (It was starting to rain and the line was full of laundry.)
8:00 Mommy comes back in, carries me to the living room and changes my diaper. I love mornings!
8:05 I kick and play on the changing pad on the floor. Mommy is sitting in the rocker slurping something out of a bowl while she watches me.
8:10 Hey! I want to eat, too! Time for first breakfast.
8:20 Now I feel better. I talk to Mommy while she rocks me.
8:30 Time to eat again!
8:40 I'm feeling sooo sleepy.
9:00 I fall asleep. Mommy puts me in my bed. (My feet were freezing! I'd been waiting since 8:00 to get back into bed with John.)
9:03 Good morning everyone! I love mornings. Hmmm, Mommy and Daddy look like they're asleep, I guess I'll tell myself some stories...
9:10 I'm hungry! wake up! Hey, remember me? your daughter? Sometimes I think Dad and Mom think they're the only two people in the whole wide world! Mommy lifts me over into bed between them. Time for breakfast.
9:30 I fall asleep. (And I crawl carefully out of bed to go make breakfast.)
10:10 Where is everybody? (crying) I don't like mornings. Daddy holds me and talks to me while Mommy bounces about in the kitchen.
10:15 Finally, I get breakfast. Daddy and Mommy are eating, too.
10:40 Mommy holds me at the front door and I wave goodbye to Daddy.
10:41 Diaper change!
10:50 I'm sitting on the front stoop in my basket. Sure is bright out here. Mommy said some thing about starting a wash. I love mornings.
11:00 Now I'm having second breakfast. Mommy is sitting at the table staring at that thing they call a computer. I call it a distractor!
11:15 I'm sleeping.
8:20 Now I feel better. I talk to Mommy while she rocks me.
8:30 Time to eat again!
8:40 I'm feeling sooo sleepy.
9:00 I fall asleep. Mommy puts me in my bed. (My feet were freezing! I'd been waiting since 8:00 to get back into bed with John.)
9:03 Good morning everyone! I love mornings. Hmmm, Mommy and Daddy look like they're asleep, I guess I'll tell myself some stories...
9:10 I'm hungry! wake up! Hey, remember me? your daughter? Sometimes I think Dad and Mom think they're the only two people in the whole wide world! Mommy lifts me over into bed between them. Time for breakfast.
9:30 I fall asleep. (And I crawl carefully out of bed to go make breakfast.)
10:10 Where is everybody? (crying) I don't like mornings. Daddy holds me and talks to me while Mommy bounces about in the kitchen.
10:15 Finally, I get breakfast. Daddy and Mommy are eating, too.
10:40 Mommy holds me at the front door and I wave goodbye to Daddy.
10:41 Diaper change!
10:50 I'm sitting on the front stoop in my basket. Sure is bright out here. Mommy said some thing about starting a wash. I love mornings.
11:00 Now I'm having second breakfast. Mommy is sitting at the table staring at that thing they call a computer. I call it a distractor!
11:15 I'm sleeping.
11:50 Oh, who moved me? I'm falling! (cries) wait, here I am in bed with Mommy. (nurse, nurse)
3:05 (crying) where is everyone? I wake up in bed alone. Daddy comes in and picks me up. We sit at the computer together.
3:15 Mommy comes in the front door. I'm so hungry!
3:31 Time to get changed again. You might be starting to get an idea of how full and busy a baby's life can be.
3:35 I do exercises on my changing mat.
3:05 (crying) where is everyone? I wake up in bed alone. Daddy comes in and picks me up. We sit at the computer together.
3:15 Mommy comes in the front door. I'm so hungry!
3:31 Time to get changed again. You might be starting to get an idea of how full and busy a baby's life can be.
3:35 I do exercises on my changing mat.
3:48 Exercises get boring fast. I tell Mommy I'm ready to do something different She holds me in her arm and we make afternoon tea together.
3:50 Give me nutriment!!!
4:10 I sit at afternoon tea and talk with Daddy and Mommy.
4:17 I help Mommy fold laundry
4:29 I am bored to tears!
3:50 Give me nutriment!!!
4:10 I sit at afternoon tea and talk with Daddy and Mommy.
4:17 I help Mommy fold laundry
4:29 I am bored to tears!
4:40 I fall asleep. (And I sneak off to wash dishes and make supper.)
5:45 My tummy hurts! (crying) Where's Mommy? Mommy comes in and gets me.
5:48 Mommy carries me out to the garden to pick spinach for supper. I'm feeling so sleepy still...
5:50 (I carefully lay sleeping Emma on the couch. Perhaps I can get supper finished!)
6:30 I wake up in Mommy's arms. She keeps saying, “Emma, Emma Rose, wake up!” I love evenings at home.
6:35 Mommy changes my diaper again.
6:40 Bath time! It's so much fun to kick and play in the water.
6:55 I get to eat. There's nothing like a bath to give one a good appetite!
5:45 My tummy hurts! (crying) Where's Mommy? Mommy comes in and gets me.
5:48 Mommy carries me out to the garden to pick spinach for supper. I'm feeling so sleepy still...
5:50 (I carefully lay sleeping Emma on the couch. Perhaps I can get supper finished!)
6:30 I wake up in Mommy's arms. She keeps saying, “Emma, Emma Rose, wake up!” I love evenings at home.
6:35 Mommy changes my diaper again.
6:40 Bath time! It's so much fun to kick and play in the water.
6:55 I get to eat. There's nothing like a bath to give one a good appetite!
7:05 Daddy and I talk together while Mommy does something in the kitchen.
7:10 We all sit at the table together.
7:15 Hey, everyone else is eating, I want to eat, too!
7:35 I fall asleep nursing while Mommy works at the distractor (computer).
8:05 I wake up on Daddy and Mommy's bed. I tell myself some stories while they watch that other distractor.
8:15 I'm hungry! Mommy gives me some nutriment.
8:35 Just as I was drifting off to sleep my stomach did that squeezy thing. Sometimes I get so sick of throwing up. Mommy and Daddy cleaned me up and changed my diaper. I must have gotten some on Mommy, because she changed, too.
8:35 For some reason, I'm hungry again.
9:30 I'm asleep. Good night everyone!
7:10 We all sit at the table together.
7:15 Hey, everyone else is eating, I want to eat, too!
7:35 I fall asleep nursing while Mommy works at the distractor (computer).
8:05 I wake up on Daddy and Mommy's bed. I tell myself some stories while they watch that other distractor.
8:15 I'm hungry! Mommy gives me some nutriment.
8:35 Just as I was drifting off to sleep my stomach did that squeezy thing. Sometimes I get so sick of throwing up. Mommy and Daddy cleaned me up and changed my diaper. I must have gotten some on Mommy, because she changed, too.
8:35 For some reason, I'm hungry again.
9:30 I'm asleep. Good night everyone!