What is your least favorite cleaning job to do in your house? Hands down cleaning my kitchen (especially doing the dishes) is by far the bane of my cleaning existence. I would rather scrub my toilet inside and out with my bare hands rather than take on the job of....dun dun DUN...Washing My Dishes! Like laundry dishes are a never ending job. I could get every single dish in my entire house clean, dry, and put away and somehow 5 minutes later there will be a lone spoon or cup in the sink taunting me waiting to be washed. Do they hide themselves in the shadows of my kitchen finally emerging the moment they see me walk out with a triumphant "I'm done" look on my face? I like to think so.
So I came up with what I thought of as a brilliant solution to this dilemma.....
...Get your child to do your dirty work for you!!
It worked for a little while and John had a BLAST helping mommy in the kitchen. I usually have a gate up to keep him out of the kitchen so on the rare instances I actually let him in he gets pretty excited. He was a pretty good little dish washer for me until he tried to drink the water and scrub his head with the scrubby brush. His clothes were soaked by the end and my floor looked like a small pond. I thought it was a great way to kill many birds with one stone....clean dishes, clean floor, clean clothes, and a clean and happy child!!! he he he ;)
I am all for giving my children chores. I'm excited for the day he will actually make things cleaner by helping mommy rather than creating more messes to be cleaned up......Wait, is there such a day?
I'm finally 37wks and still feeling great. My body is getting ready to have this baby and it's becoming quite an adventure. At my appointment yesterday the doctor told me that I am like a "mushy marshmallow" and completely ready to have him. The only thing stopping me is my little boy decided he wants to be a diver and put his hands above his head. (His head is down but...) This is preventing him from dropping down and therefore I can't dilate and start going until he decides to move his hands! I'm not too worried nor am I terribly anxious to get this kid out of me yet so I'm just biding my time waiting to see what happens. It could be tomorrow, next week, 2 weeks or even longer until he finally decides to come. Last night I went to my friend Jo's house and she has one of those inversion tables that I tried. Her theory was if I was "upside-down" the baby would have enough room to move his hands out of the way. Her husband was a little freaked out that my water might break all over their carpet when I came back right side-up! It didn't by the way!! I don't know if it worked to get his hands completely out of the way but he was sure moving a lot when I did it.
