The one with the morning routine

The days I attempt to shower and get ready all in an hour are interesting. If Luca is sleeping I usually get lucky and can finish before he wakes up. But on the days he doesn't want to nap, it's a different story. If Jose is gone or busy I put him in one of his bouncers next to the shower, and he is only thrilled for about 10 min. And then he loses it. He gets super mad until I turn the blow dryer on, and then he is distracted for a little longer. 

Today he just didn't want to be put down--but let's face it. I have to get ready. Or I don't leave my bed. Which isn't cool. So he's learning. Today I even attempted harry potter as a distraction but that was a no go--maybe he isn't really my child...

This is my view from the shower. I just talk to him and try to distract him--or he will lay and laugh an giggle at nothing--or angels maybe. 

Then when I get out of the shower we go from this:

To this:

And then this:

And finally: 

All in about 10 seconds. Sometimes it's less. 

And then I turn the blow dryer on and I get back to this:

However. Without fail, within a few minutes (sometimes seconds) we are back to this: 

This is where (today anyway) I tried harry potter, because he loves the dang tv, but he didn't want anything to do with that. So when everything else fails I give him a bottle next to me so I can finish. 

I usually don't condone using the bottle in the bouncer--one because it's sad to prop the bottle up and not actually give human contact (my mom told me a while ago that she would prop the bottle up for me while she was cooking or doing something and it makes her sad to think of that now, so I'm trying to take that and learn from it), and two he spits up like nobodies business if he's laying down and eating. Today however it was my last option. 

Usually I can finish quickly and finish giving him the bottle myself, but he fell asleep on me today. Which is even worse because I didn't even get around to burping him--I'll pay for that later--but seriously. There is no way I would wake my child up from a nap. No sir. Not for anything less than life threatening. If I do, my life is threatened because he will scream the rest of the day and not sleep again until 11pm. 

That is a true story. It happens more than I would like to admit. 

So after all the moving around and cooing I do to distract him (and the picture taking of course) I am finally ready for the day after an hour and a half. 

Even though he has made my mornings so much longer, I still love him. :)