Sabotage. How do you do it?

Issy's head hits the mattress my brain goes into overload, ok what needs doing first. I have a small window of opportunity before she wakes up. Washing, cleaning, ironing, rush rush rush... Of course last on the list is sit down and have a cuppa. This, however, is the one you normally don't manage.

The reason being in one of your many other tasks you end up banging something or dropping something usually quite heavy and usually in the kitchen. Yes, you have just managed to sabotage any sit down you might have had in trying to do all your jobs in half an hour. I bet we all do it?

Waking the little one is one of my passtimes and no matter how often I think right i'm going to be careful I just can't help myself. I always do it. See you get clumsy from lack of sleep a well known condition in the trade called 'Baby Brain'.

Learning to sit down and not do anything is an art form and one I have yet to master. It was the same thing when she was a tiny baby. All I would hear people say is, 'you sleep when she sleeps'. Yeah 'cos someone else is going to rush in clean and tidy my house for me and make dinner. Not to mention how much the washing pile has grown since our little one has arrived. How many times do you hear yourself say, 'I have never done so much washing in my life?' So, sitting down or sleeping most of the time is not an option.

The other thing you have to master is getting them off to sleep in the first place. It's not so bad when they're a baby, they pretty much stay where you put them and do have regular sleeps. When they're a bit older like Issy say around 10 months, getting them to have a sleep is like trying to coax a scared kitten out of a tree. Furs up and they're hanging on for dear life. They also disagree with lying down in the cot, why lie down when you can stand. Also, they just don't want to miss anything or at least I know my nosey little girl doesn't. This small child during the day needs full on activity to tire her out or it's a no go.

Sleeping is a difficult thing to get right. Once you get that, I do think things start to feel like they are getting better. I certainly do or at least hope so. Until then i'm sure I will keep sabotaging myself. How about you?