Lazy-Girl

So we all know that new moms like never sleep, right? You're pretty much up every 2 hours for at least the first 2 months to nurse and if you're super lucky like me, your little dude may still not be sleeping through the night even by the time he's 2. I would say actually that Archer only started sleeping through the night in the last 2 months when we transferred him to his "big-boy bed".

And truth be told, I'm not optimistic. I've been here before. There was this really nice stretch between 4 months and 6 month and then again around 1 for a couple months when he also slept through the night... but then he'd go back to waking up. And no matter how much I wanna be one of those "cry it out" people, I am decidedly not. I am a big wimp, easily manipulated by cuteness.

Anyway, I digress. So new moms don't sleep. You know that. What you may not know is that even before your baby comes, you stop sleeping through the night. By about the 8 month mark you are just too heavy, you need to pee like every hour, you are just not sleeping. People say it's nature getting you ready for what's to come.

Nature, I've been there already. I know what's coming. I'm ready for it. Just let me sleep!!

Desperate times call for desperate measures. And people I'm desperate. So desperate that today I found myself browsing the La-Z-Boy website. I'm pretty sure I could sleep in a La-Z-Boy recliner. I mean, consider it. Lying on your back, on a bed is impossible (and actually dangerous I've heard). And if you sleep on your side, you have to pretty much switch sides every 1/2 hour - an act you take for granted until you have gained 50 lbs smack in the middle of your centre of gravity (and of course, that's the *only place I've gained weight...ermmm...yeah). I actually got stuck the other night in my period of transitioning from side to side and had to call out to my husband to push me over.

Seriously, pregnancy at this stage is *so overrated.

So, back to the La-Z-Boy. People, do you realize that in addition to reclining, a lot of the chairs have build in heaters and massage options?? That pretty much sounds like heaven to me right now. And probably will too when I'm nursing like 8 hours a day. It's so appealing to me that I'm trying really really hard to see an ironic coolness to the design of the La-Z-Boy. I mean really, is the above model that awful? Could you like pair it with some sort of cool Weinrib rug and make it work?

Only problem is that the above model doesn't have a massage or heater option. Deal-breaker.

This one does, though:

People, are you with me? I can make this work right?!?

Right. Hrmph. I totally hate you guys.

And, we're back...

So I'm sitting in my bed.

It's 6:49am and I'm 8 1/2 months pregnant with #2. My back is totally out from being almost 40 and lifting a 2 1/2 year old who is getting over the lovely hand, foot and mouth (which before having children I would have thought was some offshoot of mad cow disease). I have a million things to do at work before going on mat leave next week but what am I doing? Obsessing over design templates on Blogger so I can bring back Downtown Mama for mat leave #2. And I'm mostly obsessing over how I have no idea how to do any of this.

Ironic, considering I oversee amazing sites like iVillage Canada and Sweetspot.ca and in theory have access to a whole bunch of producers and designers who could come up with something cool in the time it takes me to finish this posting.

But I'm stubborn, so for now, I'm not asking them for help. So what you're seeing is my lame first attempt - hey, the background is a butcher block. Kinda Queen West West, no?? No. :(

Truth be told, I want to prove my Grade 9 Art teacher wrong (I almost failed Grade 9 Art - calligraphy + left handedness = fail). I think I have good taste. I have kinda a cool Pinterest board going look at me all web-savvy n' junk) and I have super strong opinions on what I like (simple, modern, clean) and don't like (girly, fancy, cluttered) design-wise. I would like my blog to look like my inspiration picture above (also inspiration for baby #2 room).

But right now I got nothing. Except Archer, who just woke-up and wants mommy. Nothing like a toddler to keep it real... maybe I will take our web designer out for lunch today. Hmmm....