It's pretty typical 10 month old stuff, really. The sleepless nights (and occasionally, days) associated with teething, learning to crawl, learning to pull herself up, learning to speak and understand words - add in being sick on and off, and it's a miracle that she sleeps at all!
In the midst of all the baby-hubbub, I often find myself surrounded in a war zone by the end of the day, with no energy left to tackle the mess. Enter superman! Evan has become an expert baby-bather, caked-on-food high chair scrubber, and general daddy playground.
However, there's still always one more marble missing in the search for sanity. Needing to feel my own bit of accomplishment, to be the supermom rather than always just the damsel in distress. This is the hardest part, in my opinion, of living far away from family - no backup. Quite by accident, I've discovered a beautiful solution that I highly recommend! Two words: babysitting swap.
Imagine it, stay at home moms. I cleaned my kitchen, sorted my cabinets, bought, brought home, and PUT AWAY my groceries, all without my darling little one pulling on my pant leg or trying to steal the mail. (Well, ok, she still managed to steal the mail when I brought her home. She's good at that.) In a span of about 2 hours, I felt accomplished, productive, and rejuvenated in the odd way that having a clean house does for me. And, for 2 hours today, and 2 hours tomorrow while we watch the other darling little girl, my daughter gets to have a playdate, too.
But the real supermom feeling comes later - when I actually feel like I have something left to give my marriage at the end of the day. And that for me is the pearl of great price!
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