Being Momma G: Day 58

As we start coming good with one routine, we really need to work on another - the night feeding routine.

Sean was a nightmare last night, snack feeding at 1am, 2am, and again at 3am. This basically meant Sean spent most of the night sleeping in our bed, as I was simply too tired to lift him back into his bassinet. When Sean woke at 4am, Jonathan took Sean out to the lounge room and tried to settle him out there, so that I could get a couple of hours' sleep. My wonderful husband and the best father in the world slept in the armchair with our fussy son in his arms, so I could rest after all the snack feeding throughout the night.

When Sean woke at 6.30am, Jonathan came back into the bedroom and deposited our little man in my arms. By this time, I was ready to feed Sean, as I felt a little more rested after some much needed sleep. Jonathan laid down for a little while before he got ready to go and collect Mina.

Jonathan and Mina had both had breakfast by the time Sean and I surfaced at 9.30am for Sean's next meal. Once finished, we decided to head out to the Chatswood for a short shopping expedition. Sean was a little bit unsettled, but once we put him in the Minimonkey, he was happy to be carried around. I did the carrying today, as I needed to learn how to use the sling, and Sean seemed happy enough - soon after we put him in the sling, Sean fell asleep. Win for me!

We wanted to buy a new fan, as Jonathan's old column fan was starting to show signs of wear and tear, with the oscillating function not working when the fan was turned on, and working when the fan was turned off. Yes, you read that correctly - the fan, when off, would oscillate, but not when the fan was turned on. We knew exactly what we wanted to get - a Dyson Air Multiplier.

Months and months and months ago, when Dyson first introduced their new fan to the world, I had told Jonathan I wanted one. Every time we walked past a Dyson Air Multiplier display, I would tell Jonathan I wanted one. And every time, Jonathan would laugh at me and tell me I was crazy to want one.

For some reason, like the fact that the weather had been stinking hot, Jonathan was now much more supportive of my desire to own a Dyson Air Multiplier. During one stinking hot day, we paid a visit to Harvey Norman, and stood in front of a Dyson Air Multiplier. The air was so cooling and soothing, and I think that might have changed Jonathan's mind. So much so, he was the one who insisted that we looked at buying a Dyson Air Multiplier today.

We went to Bing Lee to see if they had any Dyson Air Multipliers in stock, and sadly, they were all sold out. We then went to Myer and had a look as well, but alas, they too were all sold out. As we weren't desperately in need of a new fan, we made a commitment to keep looking, but it didn't matter that we weren't able to buy the fan today.

We were still at Chatswood around lunch time, so as a treat for Mina's impending birthday, we took her to Kam Fook for yum cha. We all love yum cha and Mina didn't get to go often, so it was a special treat for her today. Mina ate so much food and really enjoyed the dumplings and buns and other goodies that we ordered.

Sean was waking up as we were finishing lunch, and we wanted to get home before he started really complaining about being hungry, so we left Chatswood quickly. On our way home, Jonathan asked if we could stop in at Harvey Norman on Epping Road at North Ryde to have one last look for the Dyson Air Multiplier, so we paid a quick visit. Not only did Harvey Norman have the fan in stock, it was also on discount. Just as well we stopped in then!

We settled on the pedestal fan (the big round one), which was the same price as the tower fan, because it had a height extension, a tilting head and it was more powerful as well. Over the past 12 or so months, we have amassed quite a few gift cards from our very generous friends for our engagement and wedding, which we have yet to use. Today, we used a few of these to buy our new fan.

As soon as we got home, Jonathan and Mina excitedly tore open the box and assembled the fan, while I fed Sean. Jonathan set up the fan and it was very exciting to finally have my much desired air multiplier. The new fan certainly cooled the room down quickly - the only drawback was the fan was extremely noisy at full speed; sounding very similar to a plane's engine getting ready for take off!

Jonathan and Mina played games on the PS3 for the remainder of the time Mina was at our house. All too soon, it was 4.15pm and Jonathan took Mina home for the day. Next weekend is to be a sleepover weekend, with plans already in place for Mina to sleep over on Saturday only. I wonder how we will go with that.

Oh, by the way, German lessons have yet to commence - the two bit organisation run by people without a clue was still having difficulties securing a venue. So typical of the Evil Witch diving in to anything without first checking the depth.

When Jonathan came home, I posed a few questions to Jonathan about the sleepover. I asked what would happen if Mina wanted to sleepover on the Friday night as well as the Saturday night, and Jonathan said that as we had made plans for Mina to sleep over on Saturday night only, we would stick with the plans to pick Mina up on Saturday afternoon after lunch. I reiterated my question: what if Mina wanted to come earlier than Saturday afternoon, and Jonathan was quite firm in replying that he would pick Mina up after lunch on Saturday and not earlier. I also wanted to know what would happen if Mina was to throw another temper tantrum on the Saturday night and demanded to go home, to which Jonathan replied Mina would stay with us and there would be no going home until the Sunday afternoon.

We had a lovely dinner of pan fried salmon and salad. I was able to cook the salmon to perfection, and Sean allowed us to enjoy our meal by being sleeping through dinner. It was nice to have something to eat without being interrupted by a crying baby.

Sean and I have a busy week ahead, with a visit to Dr Arnold, lunch with Elaine and Maya, Mothers Group, an all day stay at the Camellia Family Care Cottage, yum cha with my parents and my nephew Lucas's 3rd birthday party to look forward to. Jonathan will be working from home tomorrow, so we are all heading to bed now that Sean's just been fed again.