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Sammy's got a tooth just broke gum this morning. Can't really SEE it yet, so I can't take a picture for you. But it's definitely popped. I wonder if this accounts for his Really Difficult Time Going to Sleep over the past few days. Probably not entirely.

I had my first official evening as The Librarian this evening. There was me and a teen volunteer. No visitors came. I cataloged a big stack of books. The volunteer helped me fix barcodes for about ten minutes (for some reason the barcode stickers on the books had numbers that already belonged to completely different books, so we had to make up new numbers), then ran out of that, so I told him he could go make sure the connections were working in the computer room. Ie, go play on the computer. Now THAT'S a way to get community service hours. I also must say it's a good way to make a living, even though I WAS doing work the whole time. I like cataloging though, even though it's mostly data entry and could get tedious if you let it. But since it's about books, you get to look at the books as you go along, too. Anyway, so I wonder if we'll ever get visitors. I hope so, because if it does become popular then they might hire someone permanently.

Here's a
Mommy Survey:
1. How long have you been a Mom?
Six months Officially. A year and a quarter since conception. But Six Months since I've been listening to him.

2. How many children call you Mommy/Mom/Mama?:
one. And he does, but only when he's angry. It also occasionally comes out sounding a lot like "Amy." And sometimes "Enya," but I don't know who he's talking to then.

3. Girl? Boy? or both?
Boy

4. Did you know what you were having?
Yes, after the 18 week ultrasound. Because otherwise I would have been wrong.

5. How old were you when you became a Mom?
29

6. How long were you in labor?
I'm not sure, because there was apparently false labor happening thursday evening, and then drifting back in and out again, I think it started without drifting away again midafternoon friday, so about 24 hours I guess.

8. What was your least favorite thing about labor?
Pushing, and the fact that I sucked at it.

9. Do you want more kids?:
Yes

10. Do you plan on having more soon?:
I hope not. I need at least another year before I can handle the-pregnancy-and-newborn-stage again, both physically and emotionally.

11. Does daddy change diapers?
Rarely

12. How many times have you been peed on?:
Not sure. Not very often though. Definitely not enough for Daddy to use that as an excuse not to want to change him.

13. Barfed on?:
Constantly, though I'm still not sure if his spit-up has ever counted as barf, officially. He has some pretty serious spit-ups though.

14. Is your child named after anyone?
Not officially. About twelve fictional characters and a Bible figure. But nobody I know personally. Well, his middle name is a family name.

15. How did you come up with their name(s)?
Like I said, the middle name is a family name that we decided on from the very beginning, though now I don't know if it really fits him as a middle name. His first name was the one we DIDN'T choose ahead of time and it fits him great. First name, like I said, about 12 fictional characters and a Bible figure, all of whom I find very admirable, possessing some quality that I hope my son will also possess.

16. When your child(ren) gets in trouble, who is the bad guy?
It depends WHAT he's getting in trouble over. Not that we have had much of this yet, but it seems we already have varied priorities. I'm much more lenient about destruction of property but much stricter about manners.

17. And who is the good guy?
Wouldn't that be the opposite of the last answer?

18. What is the longest you have been away from your child(ren)?
Not sure, five hours?

19. Kids bedtime routine?
Bath if bath night, clean diaper and jammies, read a story, nurse, sing "Good Night" by the Beatles. What.

20. Are your toes painted?
Don't believe they ever have been. Actually painted toenails always freaked me out, even as a small child when I actually wanted my fingernails painted.

21. Last movie you saw in the theater?
Order of the Phoenix

22. Last time you had a date?
Duuudes, we so need a date night like you would not believe. I guess it was when we saw Order of the Phoenix.

23. One thing you will not give up just because you are a mom?
Talking about random junk that doesn't have to do with parenthood. Seriously, people, I'd love to talk about something other than parenthood. Also, hard rock.

24. One thing you did give up now that you're a mom?
The ability to run out of the house on a moment's notice? I keep thinking I'm going to unfriend all my lj communities, since they take up so much unproductive time and often even get on my nerves, but I can't seem to bring myself to.

25. Best Mom you know?
MY mom. Seriously, though, I was sitting around the other day thinking I needed to ask my mom something, and it occurred to me that somehow I still feel like my mom is all-powerful and all-knowing even though I'm a mom myself and can see that she actually isn't. My brain says it, but my heart still believes in her omnipotence.

Date: 2007-10-19 02:07 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] sal_amanda
sal_amanda: (towel head)
I really, really wish Nora's teeth would come in already.

I think I'm going to go steal your survey.

Date: 2007-10-19 09:13 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/magnolia---/
awwwwwww Sammy teeth!!! (or, tooth!)

Date: 2007-10-21 01:10 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] vovat.livejournal.com
And sometimes "Enya," but I don't know who he's talking to then.

You mean YOU didn't talk to New Age Celtic singers when YOU were a kid? :P

I always liked cataloging. I wouldn't mind getting another job doing that, but it seems pretty much impossible.

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