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Our new Guest Blogger, a 26 year old stay at home mom, she attended Florida State University for pre-med, the wife of a professional baseball player, and know is the proud Mother of a 6 and 16 month old. For her, and I am sure some others, sometimes you can go a bit stir crazy. She travels a lot and sometimes finds it challenging to work and keep the family together. When I spoke to her about Blogging she said something that made me think… and laugh… she said she misses enticing her brain with things other than bottles, burps and baths. Well, let’s just say she has some interesting things to say “When you’re working the night shift.” …read on and enjoy!
When you're working the night shift.
Some of you have no idea what I am talking about, but my guess is that most of you do. The night shift can better be described as pacifier replacing, dry diaper providing, bottle warming, belly filling, rocking machine!
It's 8 pm and my son, daughter, and I begin the trek upstairs to go 'night night'. Anthony has no problem with his new found love for sleep. My daughter however, she likes to stir things up. I'd like to think that she will be the life of the party someday. As I lay her in her crib, she curls up into this adorable bundle and closes her eyes. I think to myself, what a peaceful little angel. She is going to sleep great tonight. I close the door and make my way downstairs. No sooner do my feet hit the floor it starts...the night shift that is.
The next 8 hours can be classified as nothing short of absurd. The first wake is my prime of the night shift, this is where I really excel. Then again it usually occurs around 10 pm while I am still up. I hustle upstairs, bottle in hand, and deliver the goods. Then 'night night', back to bed.
The second waking usually occurs between 2 and 4 in the morning. The noise coming out of her room is like nothing I have ever experienced, it is down right disturbing. I have to bake for the neighbors to keep them from filing a noise complaint. Try making Tiramisu on three hours sleep.
The nice thing about the third waking is that my alter-ego Vivica gets up for this one, so its a blur. I don't know this woman but I am certain that we would never be friends. Now the home stretch, I can feel it. Morning is not far away. I make my way back to bed, put my head on the pillow, fading....fading..... and.......MA! This can't be happening. I glimpse at the monitor and sure thing, Anthony is standing, blanket in hand, looking right into the camera...MA!
Day breaks and we're up. As I fumble with the coffee pot my husband comes down the stairs. Big stretch. Yawn. "Man I slept great last night, how about you?"
As if honey, as if.
Let's just say that there is no competition in our house for employee of the month.
-By Alissa Zandy
May 10, 2010
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