Road Warrior

Liam Fellow went on his first Road Trip to AoE this weekend - but really, can I even call it the "weekend" since we didnt leave until Sunday around noon and came back on Monday - but I digress (aka 'snidly bitch') - and I'd LOVE to report that he was SO SO good during the 6 hours in a car on Sunday and almost 7 hours on Monday!

I sat in the back with him both ways & that was a lot easier to make sure he was covered from the sun & that I could attend to him if and when he woke up a little fussy. Plus, I just like to sit there and hold his hand :) We only had to stop once going up & let me tell you, I'm not a fan of the Rest Stop Change & Feed routine. Liam nursed really well though given the circumstances (in the front seat of a car...I could make some comment about 'getting action in a car' BUT my mom reads this so...) so although I could complain up the wazoo, he didnt, so I wont. BAH HUMBUG. The first 3 hours he slept right through everything & then after changing him and getting off the Jersey Turnpike he was a little more awake and alert so we played with his Quackers the Duck (duh...) and sang DMB to him. What a little trooper!! On the way home, we had to stop twice - once in Jersey - I wanted to stop before we hit the traffic that is Delaware (and we hit traffic that took us over an hour to go about 7 miles - stupid Delaware - I swear they count traffic as Tourism) and then again in Maryland (stupid Marylanders and not knowing how to drive causing accident MoFos) but this time we pulled into a Holiday Inn parking lot and had much more privacy and less sunshine issues since it was raining! Daddy was all freaking out cause he had a poopy diaper and he was going to get a really bad rash cause he was sitting in while we were in traffic cause of the accident - he wanted to pull over on the shoulder and change it there - thankfully Mommy squashed that idea for Safety Reasons (aka, 'are you f'ing kidding me?'). BUT being the Prepared Mommy that I am, I had a sample dose of Butt Paste in the diaper bag so rash averted - Thanks Prepared Mommy!

(I've had coffee, can you tell?)

Liam was a perfect Liam Fellow at his Grandparents de Ninos house - slept like an angel within all the chaos that is a house with 20 people in it. [I would like it noted for the record that I am REFRAINING from being mean and nasty.] He met his cousin Luccia (who is two weeks younger than Liam) for the first time & got many gifts from his family in Argentina. They called to say they already missed him. But, shit, I miss the little Liam Fellow too even when I'm just gone to the grocery store :)

We got home & he was just a little off schedule - I think he finally went down after another meal around 10pm - so only an hour behind - not too bad! He was up once more at 1:30 for a late night snack and then slept through till 5:30am and now we are back on track with our Every Two Hour Feeding schedule. Not too bad, at all! I'm starting to think I might be able to manage the drive to NC all by myself if he keeps this behaviour up! Plus, the Rest Areas are WAY nicer in VA & NC than NJ, but that's kind of a no-brainer isnt it? And I think I will pump a meal or two for the next trip - nursing in a car is not something I want to make a habit of & then we'd only have to stop for diaper changes...

I'll post pictures once I raid Matias' hard drive!