don't send me no flowers

I never noticed all of the publicity that Mother's Day gets before. There have been special M-Day features on the radio all week long, local eateries are advertising M-Day brunches, and it seems that every morning tv program has mother-adolation on the agenda today. As far as I know, Madeline hasn't been to the card shop, so I expect that M-Day will be a non-event for us except for maybe going out for breakfast. Is it okay if I order these shoes for myself on her behalf, or is that just wrong?  I'm kidding. Kinda. But I digress ...

,strong>The Top 5 things I'd like for Mother's Day

1. Eight hours of consecutive sleep! I know that my Chris will never volunteer for night-waking duty(he's a smart one, and I'm a sucker), so Madeline would either have to sleep from midnight - 8 am on her own (unlikely), or else we'd have to hire some poor individual to deal with Madeline's 3 or 4 nightly wake-ups.
2. Being able to toss out all of my nursing bras. Madeline, you like milk from a cup just fine ...
3. To end the struggle over holding my hand in parking lots. Please. It scares me when my little girl lets go and runs off ...
4. Stronger carseat laws in Canada. It's well documented that rear-facing installations better protect kids, even at higher weights, and it's ridiculous that a child's weight is used to determine booster-readiness here, instead of maturity.
5. An extra two hours in the day that I could just spend relaxing in a warm bath, with my scrapbooking stuff, or on my yoga mat. That would all be good.  ETA: I don't want more time to myself in a 24-hour day - I want a 26 hour day so that I can still spend my usual amount of time with Madeline and my husband.

Comments

[nonlineargirl]

Oh, I hope you get at least some of what you want. Really, a happy mama makes for a happy family, so you definitely deserve to get some pampering.

[Sarah]

Happy mother's day! Here in MO they signed a new carseat law just today. It states that kids have to ride in a booster seat until they are 8! It has caused quite a bit of brew-ha-hah though.

Madeleine looks gorgeous in her kitty hat BTW, and I am pleased to hear she is gracing you with more words (wink wink nod nod, toddlers really do have a mind of their own, eh?).

[Jaime]

I hope you are getting some of your wishes... this year, not just in one day.
Just an idea for some of the stuggles from a mom who has been there and done that... I don't know if it will work for you but it seemed to work sometimes for Nikyla. Rememeber no kid is perfect, they're kids!
Ok sleep issues I am no help. I changed up Nikyla's routine when I was trying to stop nursing, and stopped our night time before bed nursing.
Holding hands, I started to try to make games out of it while holding hands....like swinging your arms and skipping and singing a song, yes people look at you funny...
Let me know when there might be more hours in the day, I need them!!!
Happy Mother's Day to a fantastic mom :) You are doing an awesome job