Paris, Baby

16 Jan

We are back! One week in Paris with our 8 month old. As it turns out, we were not insane to attempt this feat. Despite my rock bottom expectations, it was a pretty terrific trip. (Take that, Jason Good! France after parenthood is not impossible — although I still think you’re hilarious). When the dust settles and the jet lag subsides, I’ll come back and tell you all about our adventures… the good (unseasonably beautiful weather! phenomenal shopping during perfectly-timed annuals sales! a mostly happy baby!); the bad (turns out infants are not the most patient dining companions for the 3 hours it takes to eat dinner in a French restaurant); and the ugly (food poisoning. Le sigh).

In the meantime, take this post as encouragement that just because you have your own adorable, bouncing baby ball and chain doesn’t mean you can’t [insert far-fetched dream here]. You can still pursue your dreams, just as long as you’re open minded about conducting said pursuit while covered in a little vomit.

2 Responses to “Paris, Baby”

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  1. The Travel Secret That Just Might Save Your Next Family Vacation « - February 13, 2012

    [...] we left on our big trip, I was kind of losing it — as in, waking up in a cold sweat at 2 AM losing it. A 12 hour flight [...]

  2. i’m back, baby! by which i mean, i’m back, and i still have a baby. « should be the beginning: - March 1, 2012

    [...] Here is something that has happened since I last got my self together to write online: TEETH. Two of ‘em, adorable little bottom bunny teeth that shot up in incredibly quick succession a couple weeks ago. Soren handled them like a champion, because he is awesome and the World’s Best Baby. However, it did *kinda* mess up the whole sleep training situation. Or rather, what I had heretofore thought of less as an –ing and more as a –ed; as in trained, as in solved, as in oncewasenoughformethankyouverymuch. See, the thing is, whereas before the teeth really started to do their damage, we had more or less gotten Soren on a schedule that involved regular, consistent nap/bed times and bedtime routines, and he would pretty predictably go to sleep on his own when put in his crib at those times and with those routines. But then, teething. It made it a lot harder for him to wind down all by his lonesome, which we both thought was understandable. Little man was in pain, his mouth was attacking him. He needed some added TLC, which we (especially, moi, the guilt-addled full-time working mother) were happy to provide. He kept sleeping through the night, but it took more rocking to get him there. And then more rocking, and more, to where now we are kinda back to where we started from in some senses, except that once he’s down, he pretty much stays that way till morning. And I am thankful for that, believe me. I’m just wondering—do we need to sleep train him again? Thoughts? Should I just count my lucky stars, enjoy the extra snuggle time, and not worry about it? Because here is the thing with teething: it lasts for like, 2 years. So what’s the point of getting him all “trained” if we only turn right around and undo it the next time a tooth comes in? (I’m looking at you, Ms. “I take my baby to Europe, what’s the big deal?”). [...]

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