Jenna and Sarah

I have been thinking for a long time about what to do with this blog. I don’t enjoy updating it anymore–it’s just a chore. 99% of the comments I get are from people I don’t know in real life, so I forget that most of the people who are actually reading it are family & friends. I often can’t post about what I really want to, because 1) this blog is about Jenna and 2) I don’t want to share my business with everyone. So I limit personal stuff and mostly stick with Jenna updates. I know from reading other blogs that the most fun posts to read are the anonymous ones. This blog isn’t geared to family, isn’t geared to friends, and isn’t geared anonymously towards people I don’t know. It’s just somewhere in the middle and it’s kind of become a headache.

So, blog world, I’m taking a break. Done for a while. I probably will resume and just keep up with ONLY the Jenna stuff. Maybe I’ll start an anonymous one too, as I know some other bloggers I read have done. But for now, I’ll just be reading.

7:30 am – After sitting in her crib and playing with her sleepytime friends for a while, Jenna finally makes her first peep, bringing me out of a wonderful sleep and I’m so grateful to her for letting me sleep. I get her up and she’s so cute–I love her, love her, love her!

9 am – After eating all of her breakfast and watching Elmo while I get dressed and even put on some makeup, I think I’m so lucky to have my life! I love her, love her, love her!

11 am – Screaming in the grocery store, whining the ENTIRE car ride. I think this could have gone better, but raisins and fruit snacks are a good distraction for now. I’m still blessed to have this life.

11:30 am – I can’t take this! After whining and clinging to my leg, pitifully screaming “Daddy! Daddy” while I attempt to get her lunch ready, I think this is starting to wear me down–how much more whining can I take. I want to go back to work! I can’t take it!

2 pm – After a good nap and some down time for me, I feel better. I am lucky. I plan the afternoon and hope for good behavior.

3 pm - Cute chatter, hugs, kisses. What whining was I complaining about? I wouldn’t have this any other way!

Please tell me this sounds familiar because this is pretty much a typical day. Today we went to the inflatable jumpy place, and she was just not feeling it. Crying, whining, ready to go. $5 for nothing. I don’t know WHY she didn’t want to play, but I just never know! I’m thinking & hoping that after the good nap she’s taking now, she’ll be a new kiddo when she wakes up. Yesterday she decided she didn’t need a nap at all, and I think the effects are carrying over to today.  I really don’t like when she decides she doesn’t need a nap. Is there a way to force a toddler to go to sleep?