I have been thinking about getting my hair cut for a while. I'm a mom now, so obviously I need a super-short mom haircut, right? No, but seriously. I don't really know how to "do" hair, and usually shorter hair, like at or just above my shoulders looks better when it's undid.
Plus I have an infant who has not yet discovered his hands so they therefore open and close at random. This lovely little child spends much of his time in my arms where my long hair is in constant reach. Multiple times a day I can be seen gently trying to pry his hands open to release my hair.
Last time I cut my hair it was long enough to donate but still be the length I wanted when I cut it, and I'd like to donate it again. It's not quite that long now, but this morning I received some extra motivation to cut it sooner.
Problem 2:
Jack is a pretty good sleeper. We've gotten into the routine of me feeding him between the hours of nine and ten, then putting him down to sleep. He'll sleep until about one or two, wake up, eat, and go back to sleep. Sometimes, however, he doesn't sleep very soundly when I put him down again so I'll pick him up and rock him and try to get him into a deeper sleep.
One night, early in our relationship, I discovered that he'll go right to sleep if I lay down with him on my chest. A few nights later, I discovered that it's really easy for me to go to sleep like that too. Plus having a sleeping infant on your chest is delightful. He's even doing that very thing right now, and I love it.
But I'm also a paranoid parent and research shows that kids who sleep in the same bed as their parents have I higher risk of SIDS. Not to mention that I certainly don't want Jack sleeping in our bed to become a habit. So I've been trying to wean him off of falling asleep like that. Mostly this just takes more time for me.
I've been doing well the past few nights. I've still consistently ended up having him fall asleep on my chest, but it's been later each night, so he spends less time in our bed. This morning, however, I received some extra motivation to kick him out of our bed sooner.
Solution:
This morning when I gave up and brought Jack to bed with me, just as I was laying him down on my chest, he spat up all over my hair. Short of a shower (which was not an option since Lewis had to get up soon and get in the shower himself), spit up is not easy to clean out of hair.
If my hair had been cut already, the spit up would have just gotten on my shirt - easy to change.
If I had stopped bringing Jack into bed with me, the spit up would have gotten in his bassinet - easy to clean. Or maybe he wouldn't have spit up at all since it seemed to be the movement that did it.
Jack is such a good son. He knows just what he needs to do to help his mother get stuff done. Also he started smiling this week so he made sure I still think he's cute even when he spits up all over me.
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