I got up at 6:30 today and had my bottle with Dad. I stayed up for about an hour before taking my first nap of the day at 8:00. I got up just before Mom was heading out to yoga. Dad decided to take me to work for a few hours today. We left the apartment at 9:30 and walked as if we were going to Whole Foods, but when we got to 59th street he carried my stroller down a bunch of stairs into a whole other underground world. We got on a train with a blue A on it and hung out with a dozen other people for about three minutes before getting off. We stopped by Starbucks and then headed up to his office.
Dad made me a little playmat out of an oversized pad of post-it notes and one of my blankets. He brought enough milk for two bottles and gave me the first one pretty soon after we got to work. We played for a bit while Dad tried to get some work done and then finally I took a long nap from 11:00 to 1:30. I had an entire conference room as my nursery to sleep in, which is much more space than I get when I’m at home in my parents’ room.
After I got up, we played for a bit and made another Starbucks run. At 2:00, Dad gave me my second bottle. I amused myself while Dad worked until about 3:00 when we headed back home. We met Aunt Claire at Rite-Aid and “speed-walked” (Aunt Claire’s term) back home so I could eat with Mom before meeting her friend Lorri in Central Park.
Just as Mom, Dad, and I were getting ready to head out of the apartment, Dad suggested that we try the Baby Bjorn — but facing outward. I’ve never gotten to face out before because it requires a pretty strong neck, especially with a head as big as mine. Dad convinced Mom to let us give it a try, with the caveat that he’d keep his hands near my head in case my head started flopping around. We met Lorri and hung out in Central Park for a little more than an hour. She’s so nice! I took a little nap and then she held me for a bit before we headed back home.
The big event at home this evening was a Memorial Day Veggie Burger Cook-Off between Dad and Aunt Claire. Well, really beween Dad and Whole Foods, with Aunt Claire having the responsibility of choosing a frozen veggie burger from Whole Foods to compete against him. Aunt Claire picked the All-American Burger, while Dad cooked up the Ultimate Veggie Burger. Dad won!
For only the second time in the last month, I took three naps over 1.5 hours long. Mom and Dad are clearly trying to consolidate my day-time sleep and while today wasn’t perfect (I also took three cat naps), it was a big step forward.
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