Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Fickle

Yesterday:

Cam's thoughts: "Oh look, there's daddy! I'll just give him a quick smile. Right, that's enough of that, time for some screaming." *commences screaming for ages*

My thoughts: "Oh wow, I've had a fairly crappy day, I'm really looking forward to seeing that beautiful little boy of mine now I'm back from work! We can have a nice hour and a half together before he needs to go to bed, a cuddle is just what I need. Aww, what a sweet little smile! Oh. Oh dear. Something seems to be bothering him, his bottom lip is sticking out and his chin is quivering. Oh. Now he's screaming his head off. Balls." *continues feeling grumpy* *doesn't like baby very much*

Mrs L's (likely) thoughts (I haven't actually asked her): "I'm so looking forward to handing this baby over to Mr L when he gets home, looking after him all day really is knackering and he's not been in the best of moods. He's usually pretty good at this time of day though, he can have a cuddle and then go off to bed. Ah. He's screaming inconsolably in Mr L's face. I'd better take him back." *Nnnnnnnnnnnnngggghh*

Today:

Cam: "Inexplicably, I'm in a good mood this evening. I'm going to sit in the jumperoo and bounce for ages as if nothing in the world could possibly please me more. I shall bestow my most endearing smiles upon daddy when I see him. Then, when he's getting me ready for bed I'll treat him to some real chuckles, I've not done that in a while."

Me: "Oh Jesus. I bet that baby is going to be as nightmarish today as he was yesterday. I really could do without that. What the funk? He's all cheerful. He's not even needing us to tend to him every five seconds. He thinks the jumperoo is the best thing ever. I'm going to get him ready for bed while he's still smiling. Oh my, now he's laughing at me. I don't think I've ever felt a stronger love than I do right now. This baby is wonderful."

Mrs L: "Oh thank fuck. They're getting on alright tonight."

Babies. Sometimes they're ace. Sometimes you want to go to the pub and forget about them for a bit.

Wonder which it'll be tomorrow.

9 comments:

  1. Love this! Martha was great yesterday, she was content wherever I put her. My husband e-mailed to ask if we were having a nice day and I said yes we are. 30 seconds after this e-mail Martha decided to scream for 2 hours. Thanks Martha.

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  2. Love this! Martha was great yesterday, she was content wherever I put her. My husband e-mailed to ask if we were having a nice day and I said yes we are. 30 seconds after this e-mail Martha decided to scream for 2 hours. Thanks Martha.

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    1. Haha, they have quite impeccable timing don't they? :-)

      Thanks for reading :-)

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  3. Fantastic. They're the same 10 years on though, and I should know :-D

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    1. Ack, and here I was thinking it would be okay once he was a few weeks older ;-)

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  4. I have just laughed my way through this, especially Mrs L's "thoughts" :)

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    1. Glad you liked it, thanks for reading and commenting :-)

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