The past two days I have been preparing for Sheila to go back to work. I have been watching Claire by myself and it has been interesting to say the least. On Tuesday, Sheila went to a movie with one of her friends and I began babysitting at 7:00. The first forty-five minutes went pretty good but then Claire started screaming. I think what set her off was we were watching re-runs of the NHL playoffs from last fall. Clearly she remembered that we wanted Chicago to beat Detroit. When Detroit scored an overtime goal, she began to express her displeasure by screaming for the next hour and a half. I tried every trick I have in the book but nothing was working. So I just practiced my "let the baby cry" maneuver. I think after pulling that one out of the playbook, we will have plenty of help moving into our new house from our current neighbors in the apartment.
Today went much better. It was Sheila's birthday and she was very excited because she turned 33 on 09-09-09. So to stay with the theme, I got her a 99 minute massage which she took advantage of right away. While she was gone, I was able to feed Claire two bottles and we even took a nap. Today let me know that I will be fine when Sheila goes back to work. I think Claire and I will have many days of fun ahead of us. I am looking forward to it.
I knew you had it in ya! Let the daddy-daughter bonding begin!!!
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