So after beginning my blog yesterday feeling underdressed but nonetheless rather proactive about sorting everything out and becoming some sort of superhero-high earning-wonder mum , two things have occurred to me … firstly I have no time whatsoever with such a young baby and secondly I don’t have a lycra superhero costume to help me on my way . That said I’m not entirely sure lycra would be a great choice for a mum in the early days anyway . I can’t really picture Gal Gadot having had the same effect in Wonder Woman had she been leaping about sporting two gigantic milk patches leaking through her costume …..
So, time is an issue because little man while totally gorgeous , is also extremely crafty and desires being held 24/7 or screaming when being put down . I’m sure he fakes deep sleep to be funny. I can spend a good hour getting him to sleep on me and be convinced nothing will wake him until I gently start lowering him into his Moses basket at which point it’s like a thousand alarms going off at once as his ‘don’t leave me’ radar goes off.
He does however sleep very well in the bathroom when I’m having a shower as long as I shower with one leg hanging glamorously out of the bath tub and rock his moses basket at the same time . So as long as I can find a way of earning that I can do whilst showering or with one arm only I should be just fine !!
Back to the title of this mornings post though …. first I should share with you what is outside my window ….
I basically live in the woods ! Well not entirely but my house is very nicely nestled into a 28 acre wood and most of the inhabitants of the woods have decided they would like to live inside the house having got rather bored of woodland life …. so added to the insanity of the three munchkins and a mad dog, I also have to add spider warden to my list of tasks …
They are EVERYWHERE. We haven’t been in this house long at all and already I’ve seen more giant spiders here than I have in the rest of my life altogether . If only I could open a spider exhibit and charge the public to wander around the house viewing the many varieties I would make a fortune ! Or perhaps it could be used for a Halloween film or maybe Harry Potter fans would like to see a real life Aragog !
Hilarity struck at 4am when opened my eyes as little man had woken for feed number forty seven of the night to see a giant one transcending down from the ceiling aiming for my head and only a foot away . I blew at it in my sleep haze and it started going back up (thank god) then changed his mind and started fast down the wall towards little mans head. I helpfully leapt out of bed with a bit of a shriek which little man found hilarious and started running round the house, naked hunting for a jam jar . By the time said jar had been found tarantula (well nearly) was heading for little mans head on the bed ! Got jar over spider and little man started crying loudly enough to wake the girls so scooped him up with the free arm thus leaving no arm free to put card under said jar !! So a joyous 20 minutes of holding the jar over the beast while feeding little man was enjoyed before finally getting to put the spider out and then to my horror ….. discovering a leg left on the bed . Little man was happily drifting off again but guilt consumed after sending a now seven-legger out of the window saw to me staying awake a while .
Now off to entertain the three while finding a suitable income on no sleep and juggling baby haha I shall get there ! Some possible ideas I shall share tomorrow …. but for now I’ll leave you with these …..
The Newborn Single Mother Diaries 