They're conspiring against me already!

Today is my first day alone with Matthew and Maya. I had everything organized in my head as to what had to get done, and how and when, so I thought everything would go smoothly. I knew Matthew's schedule/routine, and Maya seemed pretty easy and predictable thus far so what could go wrong?

Well for starters Maya decided she wasn't interested in sleeping today, unlike every other day so far where it's been so hard to wake her up to eat. And she also decided that she's hungry now and wants to eat constantly. So I make her a bottle and sit down with her. I figure as soon as she's done she'll fall asleep like she has done ever since she's been born, and then I can get to Matthew. Nope! I put her in her cradle and she starts screaming. After I see that she's not going to get over it, I pick her up and bring her out to the living room to hang out with Matthew. The 3 of us sit down and watch Shrek. Matthew comes to visit and I see a huge wet spot on his butt. Dammit I forgot to change his bum before we turned on the TV! Since Maya is the louder of the two I decide to let her finish her umpteenth bottle and then I'll go take care of Matthew. Shortly after deciding this in my head, guess what I smell? Yes Matthew decides to poop! Ugh! Maya finishes, I put her in her crib, change Matthew and we go sit down to finish Shrek. No more than 20 seconds after I sit down she starts her blood curdling screams again. Dammit she's not asleep yet! I pick her up and the 3 of us continue with the movie.

The two of them decided to alternate their feedings throughout the day too. Maya needs a bottle. She finishes. Matthew wants milk. No wait, he wants juice. No he really did want milk. He'd also like a hamburger. Ugh! He finally sits down with his snacks and drink and eats. Now Maya poops so I fix that up. Now that that part of her is empty she decides she's hungry. I make another bottle and start feeding her. 4 sucks and she's done. She'd prefer a pacifier. She sucks on that, and spits it out, I have to put it back in, she spits it out, I put it away, she decides that yes she really does want it. Ugh!

Now it's 11 am and I still haven't showered! I sit Matthew down for more TV, put Maya into her carseat and bring her into the bathroom with me. I start my shower. 5 minutes into it come blood curdling screams again. She spit out her sucky! I get out of the shower, reach over and pull her closer to the shower so I can stick the sucky back in. Of course at this point my eye/hand coordination decides to take a vacation and I can't seem to pick the damn thing up. And water is dripping all down my arm and I'm basically raining on my newborn. By the time I reach the damn sucky she and the carseat are wet. I finish my shower in nanoseconds and I get out. She spits out the sucky again and starts screaming again. I guess she's hungry again. I get dressed as quick as humanly possible and go get another bottle. She finishes and goes down for a snooze.

I make lunch for Matthew and I and we eat. I finish first so I get up to go clean something up. When I get back there are pieces of tomato thrown onto my carpet and throw cushions. Dammit! So after a 30 second argument with him Matthew agrees to clean up his mess.

Now it's naptime for Matthew. Phew I can get some sleep too! He goes down with no problems. But wait, what about Maya? She may be sleeping now but how long is that going to last? I change her bum and top her up with another bottle, put her down, and I settle down for a nap too.

We all get up around 4 pm and everyone seems to be much more cooperative. Daddy comes home around 5 pm and now the numbers are finally even: 2 against 2. I have never been so happy to see Chris in my life! The rest of the night goes far smoother than the day.

So basically I have to get up that much earlier tomorrow to get my shower and morning pumping session out of the way before everyone else wakes up. Oh and this time I have to remember to change Matthew's bum before he gets out of his room.

Wish me luck!