Never forget the nekkid
5th May 2009
One Monday a month, Eric and all the other geeks builders in the local International Plastic Modellers Society get together for a night of debauchery.
(You had to read that line twice, didn’t you? Once to re-read IPMS, and a second to snort at debauchery, right?)
Actually, they do just what you think they do: Pack up the planes/tanks/dudes etc. they’re working on, meet in a community centre, trade tips, gossip and mingle. There is much manly hand shaking involved.
This means the girls and I are on our own, as Eric goes to his meeting straight from work. Last night my Dad was here, which was a big help. He took the girls for walk so I could finish the garbages, barbeque some chicken burgers for dinner, and generally kept them occupied while I ran around.
After I got Alice to bed at 7, Lucy and I had one of the best nights ever together.
It’s so true when you have a second baby that you cherish the one-on-one time with your eldest so much. I love our crafts and games when Alice has her morning nap. But Eric almost always gets Lucy ready for bed because I’m nursing Alice, so last night was a special treat.
We wrestled on the floor. I was the Mama Tickle Monster and snarfed and wiggled my fingers in all Lucy’s most ticklish spots (the neck, behind the knees, her feet). That laugh! Oh, to hear your child giggle uncontrollably is just…too much. The sweetest sound in the world.
Suddenly, Lucy got a wicked glint in her eye. Her hands darted to her pants, and in a blink she was nekkid and tearing around the main floor screeching and holding her plump tushie in her hands. Because what Mumma can resist her kid’s nekkid bum? It’s been our thing since she was born.
I haven’t laughed so much in months. We brushed each other’s hair, sang songs and read books.
What a night. I had to write about it so I never forget how much fun we had, just the two of us again.
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lol aren’t tushies great? My kids know how much I love theirs. Sometimes Lex will taunt me with hers “look Mom, my bum is nekkid” and then she wiggles it back and forth, ready for the chase.
You really figure out how much you appreciate/love/miss etc. your first born when the second one is asleep, don’t you
Bet you wouldn’t trade the way it is now for the way it was then for anything though …
Totally read that twice for exactly the reasons you said. Kinda eerie!!
Alice goes to bed at 7! My word. Emma only sleeps from 9:30pm until about 7am (with several feeds). If I put her to bed at 7, she’d be up at 4:30am!!!
She sure does! Sometime between 7 & 7:30, depending on how long I nurse her for (she actually starts getting fussy/tired around 6, which is GREAT timing for dinner…). She’s down to one feed around 5, then will *usually* go back to sleep until 7-ish.
Great sleeper she is now. Plus she naps for at least an hour in the morning, and 1.5-2 hours in the afternoon.
Carmen is in bed as well by 730… She will be 4 months on thursday, I wake her at 11 for a dream feed. Then she sleeps till at least 4 sometimes 5… Then she sleeps till anywhere between 7 and 830…
We’ve always had a bum thing too… “nekkid bum, nekkid bum” is our family chant. It’s funny the things kids remember because my 6 yr old always makes a point of reminding me everytime his naked bum is in close proximity, LOL!
Congrats on the 7 pm bedtime! That sounds so dreamy!