The One Hour Bottle

Every infant has their idiosyncrasies! Even if you have had your 8th child, you have to find the niche within. It was no different with Gwendolyn today.

I had my first sitting ‘job’ with little Gwen. Amber had to go somewhere and this was the first official baby-sitting time with her. She is breast fed and did not want any part of the bottle – I thought. She was gagging like I was giving her lemons! After a half hour of trying on and off, I had to rewarm the milk. Well, I found her idiosyncrasy – she wants her milk very warm! Once I had satisfied her, she scarfed that milk down like a champ. Then she slept the rest of the time she was here. A cushy job!

We adults are no different. We all have our own little (sometimes big) idiosyncrasies. We do things in a certain order or else we don’t feel we did it right. Sometimes we will eat a certain food only on a certain day – like pizza is only for Friday nights. We go along with our lives and suddenly realize that we are creatures of habits. If you think you can change them, watch out! You can end up driving yourself crazy. It throws off your whole routine and you will not feel like you have accomplished anything.

But anyone who watches children knows, there is no such thing as routine. I guess that is why for the last few years watching the Grandkids, my mind is quite a bit slower and addled! I do realize that this is only temporary, they will grow up, they will go to school and I will miss these times more than I could ever imagine.

So, skip the routine when the kids are over – they are little and cuddly for such a short time; enjoy every minute with them. It is a worthwhile adventure.

From Grandma, with love.