Our Kids

I’ve been suckered into wearing Mystique’s Moby… it’s a giant piece of fabric that you tie into a knot around yourself, jam the baby in there, and she’ll magically fall asleep. Mystique wears it all the time… here goes! I’ll live-blog this. Sort of.

4:40pm — In the wrap. Landis is certainly wondering where the pillows are, but she settles in ok. The wrap feels ok but if anyone sees me like this I’m sure I’ll be mocked for the next few months.

4:45pm — Landis not quite comfortable with me but she’s adjusting. You have to have some sort of rhythm with this thing… can’t just walk around, you have to hop. Takes me back to the days of Piper and Lela — the rock-walk. With the moby, though, I can still hold my two bottles of… uh, water. Yeah. Water.

4:49pm — Moby rocks… I can play xbox while taking care of Landis. Best. Invention. Ever.

4:55pm — Moby hurts. Back.

5pm — Every part of my upper body is either hurting or sweating. I’m sure Landis is loving her sauna. I think she’s asleep. This moby is creating muffin top for me since it’s tied so tight. Plus I have to pee because of my water. I can’t do that with Landis… I draw the line there. For now.

5:10pm — Mystique just took my picture. And I actually posed. I’m in trouble… someone remind me to change the password to flickr so she can’t post them.

5:12pm — I’ve been whining for the past three minutes about my shoulders and the daggers that I’m certain must be jammed in them. Mystique has not offered to take Landis. What kind of mother is she?

5:16pm — Ok, my shoulders have gone numb, so it’s tolerable again. Maybe that’s how Mystique wears this for more than an hour at a time… her upper body goes numb. Landis is definitely sleeping, so that’s good. I should have started training for this three months ago.

5:20pm — Mystique ordered pizza and I’m going to “offer” to get it. We’ll see if she falls for that.

5:21pm — She didn’t fall for it. I think I’ll have to wake the baby for her to let me go. Hmm… definitely not working out as planned, although it’s nice that Landis is happy.

5:28pm — Ok, she offered to take Landis, but I think only because she didn’t want to go get the pizza. Landis is still snug and sleeping. Have I mentioned my upper body is aching? My legs are, too… I haven’t sat down yet. Thinking about doing that right now.

5:36pm — I’m almost an hour in. Still haven’t sat down. I’ve had to get down on my knees a couple times to pick stuff up for Piper and Lela so I’m getting some good exercise out of this.

5:41pm — I sat. Landis did not like it. It was hard getting up out of the chair. Now I have to bounce again. Mystique is still not home. I think she left me. The joyous fact that I made it to an hour of the Moby is lost in my disappointment about sitting.

5:44pm — I think she’s looking for a little more than what I and the Moby can provide.

5:47pm — Mystique is back and Landis is falling asleep again in the Moby. Still on me. Yay.

5:58pm — Thank the maker, Landis is hungry (tried eating my shirt) so Mystique’s got her. I burned the Moby.