Listen To Your Mother

The show was amazing. I can not wait to share the wonderful stories from the show as told by the presenters. Hopefully a online version of the show will appear soon. My mom and I sat in the audience and soaked everything in, it was so nice to have her sitting next to me. I know a presenter and the show producer and we both knew other people that some of the presenters are related to. Small world. You could watch this show anywhere, started in Madison, WI, and probably get the same laughs and tears. This year there are five different locations hosting a Listen To Your Mother event: Austin, TX, Los Angles, CA, Madison, WI, Spokane, WA, and Northwest Indiana (Valpo to be specific). I am so glad we have such wonderful bloggers, writers, and just plan creative people in our area. Here is the cast photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/laundry/5705794798/in/pool-1648350@N24/

Each presenter had a tale to tell. A story of motherhood, struggles, tossing out your child out of the nest, and tales of their mother.

I am glad each and everyone shared their story.

Mommy time has no clock

So a week ago I tried writing this post and somehow it didn't save and I was too tired to care to try writing it all over again. So here it goes-

Being a Mom, or even a Dad has no clock. Your baby does not care if you have to work the next day or not. If you took a nap or not. If you had a great or awful day at work. The baby just knows if something is wrong, or upset, or they can not sleep. Max doesn't know what 2 a.m. means. He just knows his head might be stuffy and he can't breathe so he is not comfortable sleeping.

And since I am the parent who does not work in a steel mill I am the one who takes care of the tried, grumpy, seasonally sick little guy most everyday.

And this walking thing is not getting us any more sleep yet. Maybe soon I hope. I envy those who can get their children who are younger than kindergarten in bed before 8 p.m. Although if I comes with rising with the sun, I will stick with going to be by 10:30ish and getting up at 8:00 a.m.