With 3 weeks left until this little guy arrives, we are in survival mode. Methods that worked for us this week, with no guarantee of working next, follow:
Sleeping. Everywhere.
Taxis, doctor's offices, the kitchen table, sacrament meeting, hallway floor while waiting for children to finish up in the bathroom... anywhere or anytime except the most logical place which would be your bed and preferably when everyone else was catching some zzzz's. Seems like the baby has taken over my biological clock as I haven't slept past 4:30 or 5 in a week.
Eating copious amounts of sugar.
Pints of ice cream before bed, with the honest intent of only having a few spoonfuls.
Crepes, or as Maeser calls them "chocolate burritos" served as a side to dinner.
The leftover Halloween candy stash has dwindled. It will no longer be a sufficient amount to fill stockings in 5 weeks.
Taking long walks.
Best done without a 3-year-old to keep up with. Take it up a notch by strolling with a toddler and you can hardly call it a walk, more of a meander.
A little distance.
Ship said 3-year-old 800 miles away to visit family. This will instantly give you an energy boost equivalent to any supplement, coke or energy bar. A short-term long-distance relationship with Maeser was like checking into a spa for the weekend. Peaceful, quiet, clean...
And maybe throw in a couple batches of popcorn.
Hope you find these helpful, if you have any other suggestions please forward them as I have run out of chocolate, Maeser has returned and insists on riding his bike during our walks, and I don't particularly find the wood floor in the hallway very comfortable this time around.
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