And so it begins... the guilt. Nice baby-faced helpings of it.
Let me back up and bring you up to speed. At the end of this month, Husband and I will be going on a "cruise" aboard the Art Deco gem, the Queen Mary. Every Labor Day weekend, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles hosts a festival of Art Deco lectures, cocktail parties, and just all out splendor aboard this floating hotel. It was at this festival three years ago that my husband and I became engaged. Two years ago, we were married there. It is a special place and a special event. Husband and I save so as to be able to attend each year.
Since before the Little Fella was born, his aunt has offered to sit for us. Declan will be with us on Friday evening, so as to quell some of the questions about him. But I am grateful that my sister-in-law has been eager to help us by watching Declan on Saturday and Sunday. In order to get Declan prepared for playing and sleeping with her, we decided to chuck some money at the baby industry and purchase a baby swing.
To back up a bit further, I had initially decided that we would be a non-swinging family. Sure, my daughter ADORED hers when she was an infant, but I had a lot more room at my disposal then. Currently, the four of us live in a meager two-bedroom apartment where space is at a premium. Have you seen the current army of baby swings?! They're HUGE! So I made an executive decision and vetoed the swing idea. Plus, as a proponent of attachment parenting, my hope was to wear the baby most of the time. Too bad he doesn't always want to be worn...
What is it about babies that all the best-laid plans manage to go right out the window on a whim?
Since the Little Fella is not always keen to be in the Moby Wrap or his Hotsling, or even his Gemini carrier, we purchased for him a bouncy seat a few weeks back. He LOVES being in the bouncer while Husband or I cook. Declan is just the most contented little guy there, however he will not fall asleep in it.
Naptimes around here happen one of two ways. 1) Declan falls asleep while nursing and I refrain from doing anything until he wakes. 2) Declan falls asleep in his Hotsling while his dad finger-feeds him. As Declan will be under the care of neither one of us for two days during the festival, we need a new sleep option. Thus did we decide to suck it up and buy a baby swing.
We figured that our odds for getting him to sleep without boob or sling would be best with a swing. Now we just have to get him used to it. THIS is where my guilt comes in to play. When I put him into the swing, he looks at me as if to ask, "Why don't you want to hold me?" He doesn't fuss, and doesn't even look sad or upset. But my mind immediately and irrationally imagines him questioning me.
This ought to make for a few interesting days.
Let me back up and bring you up to speed. At the end of this month, Husband and I will be going on a "cruise" aboard the Art Deco gem, the Queen Mary. Every Labor Day weekend, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles hosts a festival of Art Deco lectures, cocktail parties, and just all out splendor aboard this floating hotel. It was at this festival three years ago that my husband and I became engaged. Two years ago, we were married there. It is a special place and a special event. Husband and I save so as to be able to attend each year.
Since before the Little Fella was born, his aunt has offered to sit for us. Declan will be with us on Friday evening, so as to quell some of the questions about him. But I am grateful that my sister-in-law has been eager to help us by watching Declan on Saturday and Sunday. In order to get Declan prepared for playing and sleeping with her, we decided to chuck some money at the baby industry and purchase a baby swing.
To back up a bit further, I had initially decided that we would be a non-swinging family. Sure, my daughter ADORED hers when she was an infant, but I had a lot more room at my disposal then. Currently, the four of us live in a meager two-bedroom apartment where space is at a premium. Have you seen the current army of baby swings?! They're HUGE! So I made an executive decision and vetoed the swing idea. Plus, as a proponent of attachment parenting, my hope was to wear the baby most of the time. Too bad he doesn't always want to be worn...
What is it about babies that all the best-laid plans manage to go right out the window on a whim?
Since the Little Fella is not always keen to be in the Moby Wrap or his Hotsling, or even his Gemini carrier, we purchased for him a bouncy seat a few weeks back. He LOVES being in the bouncer while Husband or I cook. Declan is just the most contented little guy there, however he will not fall asleep in it.
Naptimes around here happen one of two ways. 1) Declan falls asleep while nursing and I refrain from doing anything until he wakes. 2) Declan falls asleep in his Hotsling while his dad finger-feeds him. As Declan will be under the care of neither one of us for two days during the festival, we need a new sleep option. Thus did we decide to suck it up and buy a baby swing.
We figured that our odds for getting him to sleep without boob or sling would be best with a swing. Now we just have to get him used to it. THIS is where my guilt comes in to play. When I put him into the swing, he looks at me as if to ask, "Why don't you want to hold me?" He doesn't fuss, and doesn't even look sad or upset. But my mind immediately and irrationally imagines him questioning me.
This ought to make for a few interesting days.
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