Thursday, January 25, 2007

I Hate Fed Ex

So today we were going about our typical routine...Ethan was going down for a nap at 11:00 am as always. I held him for awhile, gave him his favorite blankey told him night night and he was off to dream land while I was off to a workout with Denise Austen. Well, at 11:20 the door bell rang...the fed ex man. Sure enough not 5 seconds after it rang, screams came from Ethan's room. Nap time was over, I was starting to get nice and sweaty, I hadn't even begun to think about showering yet, and my heart sank. So I got him up and we had lunch and played a little bit outside. After I took him back upstairs and I held him until he fell asleep and the minute I laid him in the crib...wide awake. So I got him up, took him to the park and let him get all his energy out. After about 45 minutes he almost fell asleep on the swings so I took him home, got him a snack and took him off to bed. Now it's 2:30, he's still screaming in his crib, hasn't slept more than 20 minutes and I'm about to go crazy. Thank you Fed Ex for ruining my day as well as my son's!!!

5 comments:

Leslie said...

don't you just hate those doorbell ringers! I too have had days like that. Just think, this just means eary bedtime, right?

Carly said...

Sorry about Mr. Fed Ex. I can just imagine how mad I would be if that happened.

Hilary said...

And now you know why we have a sound machine. :)
We got it just about the time S turned 1.
Love it.

Amanda said...

I don't know if you can do this at your parents....but at your house put a sign over the doorbell that says DO NOT ring---Sleeping baby! I just left my sign up all the time...it was too much trouble to remove it after every nap! In fact during a really bad period (still in 2 naps a day) I had to put up a sign that said.."DO NOT knock OR ring door bell! Do not disturb!" What can I say...it was a hard time in my life and I wanted no one to mess with his naps! And his room is right by the front door (don't buy a house like that!) So even knocking was not good! I second the sound machine thing....we have it on white noise. People laughed at my sign but it worked!

3 boys and a lady said...

Seriously...those days r aweful! I unplug all my phones during naps and bedtime. If I forget to and they syart ringing I run over and unplug it. Some of you may have had me do that to you...sorry!