Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
I was feeling pretty good about myself. I had innovated a quite nap space and kept my baby sleeping among jack hammers. Way to go, Mom.
However my pride was short lived and I soon realized the worst (well, the worst if your baby is sleeping in the only bathroom): I had to go. I didn't know what I would do! I thought about just taking my chances using the bathroom next to my sleeping tub-baby, but then I would have went to all the trouble to put him to bed in the bathroom, just to wake him up 5 minutes later . . . no way. Plus, a toilet flushing would definitely wake him up and I really had to go, if you get my drift.
There is a Caribou Coffee across the street did have a bathroom, and I can make it there in under a minute. Did I dare leave the babe for a few minutes and use the bathroom? Wake the baby or abandon my child . . . hmmm. I guess it is obvious how much I value Jacob's naps, because I ended up grabbing the monitor, locking the door (of course) and running across the street to do my business and let my baby sleep. I was back to the house in 5 minutes and 45 seconds, Jacob still asleep safely in the tub.
Exhibit C (proof my child was happy and healthy post tub-nap):
So there you have it. I'm not the only crazy mother out there, right? I seem to remember a story about my grandmother and sleeping in the bath tub for some reason, but I don't think it involved naps, jack hammers or going the bathroom across the street in a coffee shop. Please tell me some of you out there have some wild stories, too!
5 comments:
When we're visiting my parents, my babies always sleep in the food storage room. And I've left Kate to babysit Paige when I picked Cambri up from school. Paige was asleep in her crib and who wants to wake a sleeping baby to pick up another kid from school?
The girls sleep in the laundry room at Clark's parents' house. But the bathtub is a good idea. Also, remember how I hated taking a baby that couldn't walk to the laundry room with me? One time I left Maddie and Claire and my keys in the apartment. Yikes. Luckily I found out that Claire could open the door. :) Clark's aunt used to put her kids down, then she and her husband would walk to 7-11 for slurpees. Hee hee.
If it makes you feel any better - my bro and sil do something like this all the time. So - I say - kudos to you. And let's face it, with all the water you are drinking - you have to use the bathroom. You just have to.
Sarah, you are hilarious! I just bought a crib tent for Makenna. No more jumping out. And no sleeping in mom and dad's bed. I made that mistake with Bryker. (I guess I should have tried the bathtub!) So fun to see you guys!
Dresser drawer. Worked pretty well for out stationary newborn. Although, next time you put him to sleep in the tub, you might want to lay his head at the opposite end of the drain, since the drain is the lowest point in the tub. Way to be a flexible mom. We need those naptimes, us and our babes.
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