I was feeling like a really bad mommy today when I was fighting traffic to get to daycare on time. I ended up being 5 minutes late. Luckily Valentina, one of my favorite attendants, the one who loves Rachel, was there and held her while I grabbed the diaper bag and mumbled an apology.
Rachel was kind of fussy tonight, bursting into tears and stomping her feet (really!) when she didn't get her way. I finally gave in and lifted her up on the loveseat and she snuggled onto my chest after one of her crying fits. She lay there for 10 minutes, with me stroking her back. I think she was trying to calm herself down.
The leg-kicking is new. She did it when I tried to buckle her into the car seat today, and she does it when she's anxious to get out. Sometimes she'll kick her feet on the changing table when she wants to get up, or in my arms after I've taken her out of her crib.
She had a light dinner tonight -- I kind of forgot to give her applesauce for dessert -- but she was so snuggly that I read all the books she wanted me to. It make up for this morning, when I only had time for one book and she threw a fit.
So why is she a blessing? Because there's nothing like holding a freshly bathed, cuddly baby in a soft sleepsuit hours after getting the news that there will definitely be layoffs next year, sometime after February. The newspaper needs to get rid of 40 people and, frankly, I don't know how they'll do it. We're thin as it is. Just one more thing for me to stress out about.
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