The time finally came when Matt and I had to "babysit" Derik (December 13th, 2008). I know I'm posting this a little late but I just had to let everyone know that, "I Changed My First Diaper!"… okay, so I may sound a little crazy but you would think at 25 I would have done this by now??
I felt so bad for Matt that night. All he wanted to do was play with his nephew but every time Matt looked at him or walked towards him, Derik cried his head off! (Of course I found that funny but didn't want to show it because I really didn't want to hurt Matt's feelings... even though I was laughing on the inside =) Apparantly, Derik's a ladies man. Guys are scarey (and even moreso when he's sleepy). I must say that I agree with the baby… Guys ARE scary! Haha.. Especially Uncle Matt! In order to keep Matt interested I had to keep reminding him that when D's a little older he'll want nothing to do with me and EVERYTHING to do with Unky Matt and his fun toys and girls will have cooties!
And to be honest…. It was only funny until D's bedtime. He fought and fought and fought and wanted nothing to do with sleep, the crib, a bottle, blanket, binkie or anything "bedtime" related… talk about getting experience, or, even worse… a glimpse of the future! Yikes! That was the first time I ever had to deal with THAT! I am going to say that after about a good 45-50 minutes of screaming, trying to catch his breath, screaming and crying some more, squiggling, squirming... and whatever else keeps you from falling asleep (he did it)... he FINALLY fell asleep! And to top it off I had to handle bedtime all by myself because Matt couldn't help me! (Not his fault of course.) Just so you know, D - that will change someday…. These days if I had the opportunity I'd sleep 24 hours straight and not leave my bed unless I had to pee. Does that feeling like you need to "catch up" ever go away?! Before you answer that… I didn't think so!
I felt so bad for Matt that night. All he wanted to do was play with his nephew but every time Matt looked at him or walked towards him, Derik cried his head off! (Of course I found that funny but didn't want to show it because I really didn't want to hurt Matt's feelings... even though I was laughing on the inside =) Apparantly, Derik's a ladies man. Guys are scarey (and even moreso when he's sleepy). I must say that I agree with the baby… Guys ARE scary! Haha.. Especially Uncle Matt! In order to keep Matt interested I had to keep reminding him that when D's a little older he'll want nothing to do with me and EVERYTHING to do with Unky Matt and his fun toys and girls will have cooties!
And to be honest…. It was only funny until D's bedtime. He fought and fought and fought and wanted nothing to do with sleep, the crib, a bottle, blanket, binkie or anything "bedtime" related… talk about getting experience, or, even worse… a glimpse of the future! Yikes! That was the first time I ever had to deal with THAT! I am going to say that after about a good 45-50 minutes of screaming, trying to catch his breath, screaming and crying some more, squiggling, squirming... and whatever else keeps you from falling asleep (he did it)... he FINALLY fell asleep! And to top it off I had to handle bedtime all by myself because Matt couldn't help me! (Not his fault of course.) Just so you know, D - that will change someday…. These days if I had the opportunity I'd sleep 24 hours straight and not leave my bed unless I had to pee. Does that feeling like you need to "catch up" ever go away?! Before you answer that… I didn't think so!
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