Saturday, January 1, 2011

Naps are overrated

I've had a pretty intense day and this evening, I fell asleep on the couch.

The sequence of events that follow:

Nap -ahhh...sweet dreams of nothings.
-Hair being pulled by 1-year-old.
-Husband politely asking the 1-year-old to please stop pulling Mommy's hair while she is sleeping. "Mommy is tired, she needs a nap, please don't pull her hair." Because 1-year-olds listen to reason.
-1-year-old yelling, squealing, running, pooping.
-Lots of crying.
-Wake up to a completely naked 1-year-old being plopped onto my stomach.
-Confusion.
-1-year-old wipes her wet face on mine.

The conversation that follows:
Husband: "Hold her, I need to find the number for poison control."
Confusion.
Me: "Why? What did she eat? Why is she naked?" Is the world ending? Need more sleep.
Husband (while googling poison control): "She ate some Desitin."
Me: "How?"
Husband: "The cap was broken. I was drying her off from her bath and then I see her squeezing Desitin in her mouth."
Me (totally calm, for no other reason than still really sleepy/confused): "Aww, you gave her a bath, thanks so much. Isn't there a poison control number on the Desitin?"
Husband: "They are only open 9-5"
(I guess most babies are only awake 9-5).
Me: "Oh."
Husband, on the phone with poison control: "Hi, my 1-year-old swallowed some Desitin, was wondering how bad that is. Well she didn't really swallow it."
pause.
1-year-old: has broken free of my hold and is now running around the living room naked, flailing her arms in the air as to show her freedom from constrictive clothes.
Husband (still on the phone):..."She got a mouthful but I scooped it out right away." pause. "Oh yes, she is rambunctious." pause. "Ok, great, 19053."
Me: slow death by laughter
Husband: "She will be alright, just some bad taste in her mouth for a day or so."
Me: still dying

Moral(s) of the story:
Husbands can be sweet and take care of the baby while you nap.
Napping can be dangerous if husbands try to be sweet.
Napping while the rambunctious 1-year-old is awake, is asking for trouble.
During nap-time, bathrooms become the war zone between water/husband/1-year-old/rolls of toilet paper.
Flooding of the bathroom is a likely event, in case of nap.
Although, A for effort; flooding is unsuccessfully concealed by the juxtaposition of wet towels and unraveled toiled paper rolls.
1-year-old will try to swallow inedible/dangerous/poisonous items.

Naps are overrated.

No comments:

Post a Comment