As I type this, I'm standing at my kitchen counter bouncing our new 5 week old daughter in her carrier. It's a little difficult to type one handed while bouncing. It's also difficult to bake cookies with an infant who doesn't like to be put down and a toddler who insists on helping.
Baby girl is a little bit different than our first baby. If you've read The Baby Whisperer, our first was an angel baby - meaning - he was the easiest baby in the world. This baby is a "touchy baby" - meaning she pretty much doesn't feel safe or secure in this world and needs constant reassurance.
BB (before baby):
#192 Full of chips cookies
Our last hurrah when we were feeling good about adding another human being to this world, full of cockiness and with the attitude of "we got this, we're seasoned pros" - I made this batch of cookies. When you put in chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, vanilla chips, m&m's and reese's pieces - a cookie is a hit. You want the recipe? Remember my current situation - bouncing baby and 1 handed typing? Comment on this post - show me you're out there - and I'll get back to you in 3-6 months. You want it real bad. Buy the book: Taste of Home cookies.
AB (after baby)
Situations and events arise in which I must bring a dish or treat. They're really should be an exemption of mothers - if you've had a baby in the last year, you don't need to bring a dish/treat to share to the potluck and/or event.
#193 Oatmeal Kiss Cookies
Darn daycare program and potluck. Yes, I enjoyed seeing my son "perform" even though the 2 year old sat on the stage and didn't sing one word, only clapped and said "Yay" after each song, but see previous - making cookies is hard with an infant who doesn't let you put her down. So I made this batch while said 2 year old was at daycare - only had to carry baby in carrier while I baked this cookie. Thought I was all set until my dad decided to come over to measure my house to draw plans for my house. So: baking cookies, carrying baby and helping dad measure. These cookies - peanut butter blossoms but instead of a peanut butter cookie with a kiss in the middle, an oatmeal cookie with a kiss in the middle.
#194 Cream Filberts (did you know: filberts are hazelnuts)
So Thursday morning, I have both kids. But I'm feeling good - I just read some Baby Whisperer and I'm feeling confident about my new-found communication skills with my baby. Really, understanding how she communicates with me. So I tell the 2 year old, we're putting baby down for a nap and then we'll bake cookies. Here's how that goes:
Baby lays down, drifts off to sleep with my hand on her belly
Wash 2 year old hands
Baby cries
Baby drifts off to sleep with my hand on her as 2 year old empties cupboard full of bowls
I clean up bowls
Baby cries
Drift off to sleep yada yada yada
Get mixer out and shortening
Baby cries
Same old - 2 year old gets into nuts, eats them and feeds them to dog
Wash 2 year old hands again
Baby cries
Mama hits cupboard in frustration - 2 year old is surprised - Mama says "let's go for a short car ride.
Fortunately baby falls asleep in car and we actually do get this batch made.
What is it: cookie with hazelnut inside with a frosted glaze on top.
Again, buy the book.
Okay, I'm done for now as I'm still at the kitchen counter, bouncing baby, typing 1 handed and now holding a pacifier in baby's mouth.
