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Saturday, April 2, 2011

One-armed Bandit


My 6 week old son, Gabriel, needs to be held all day long.  It is amazing what I’ve learned to accomplish with one arm while I cradle him in the other.  I made a list.
Butter a waffle
Type approximately 12 words per minute
Change my 2 ½ year old daughter’s diaper (talk about motivation for potty training)
Lead above-mentioned child into time out by the elbow
Color in my daughter’s My Little Pony Coloring book
Wrap a birthday present
Upload and order 6 month’s worth of pictures on snapfish (this took hours and risked developing carpal tunnel but it feels good to get caught up)
Help my four year old son change the batteries in his remote control car
Go to the bathroom, wipe, and wash my hands (make that hand)
Prepare an entire meal and then eat the same meal
To all the other mothers of needing-to-be-held newborns, I salute you!  (I would have said “applaud you” but that takes two hands!)

1 comment:

  1. amazing what you can do one handed - you should make another list of what you can do while b-feeding - although Gabriel might be a bit too, um, hefty... - - although with your skill set, you might be able to get past that...

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