Three days of long naps and a happy baby. I should count my blessings. But, boy, it is that much harder of a fall when today's naps were lousy and I have a miserable baby on my hands.
The toughest part is I think it was my fault. What do you do when you have to teach some kids and your childcare falls through? I hoped that some miraculous adapting might happen and that our sleep-challenged little boy might just be willing to nap elsewhere besides the absolute perfect conditions of crib, shades, white noise. I even brought blanket and Teddy along to help the transition, but it was just not to be. So, the foiled morning nap caused a snowball to grumpiness and then to an abbreviated afternoon nap and further grumpiness.
In an attempt to pacify the little fella, we baked. Baguettes and bagels. Not a bad outcome, I guess.
I recently bumped into a woman whose son I taught for a year and she made some kind of comment about "those parents who actually conform entirely around their kids' schedules." Well, I am one of those parents. I don't know what else to do, and every time I try I seriously regret it. Someday this will all be behind us and I'll miss his cuddling and closeness like crazy. For now, well, we'll bake.
3 comments:
I love baking therapy!
Did you boil your bagels before baking them? I have always been intimidated by trying bagels becaues of the whole boiling thing...but I suppose you don't have to boil them. Word?
Actually, they were so much easier than I thought they'd be! I tried once before, many years ago, and felt like they were rolls with holes in the middle. While not as good as I'm sure you can get in NYC, these were better than any bagel I've had around here, and they were easy to do. The boil is key to the chewiness and nice crust, I think, but don't be afraid of that part--it's easier than boiling ravioli. They boil only 30 seconds and you pull them out. The recipe I followed had you make the dough, form them into rounds and then refridgerate overnight. The next morning, you boil and then bake for like 12 minutes which is so cool for fresh-baked yumminess for breakfast in minutes (and no clean up!).
Fear not, my fellow baker. Try the bagel.
Those bagels look awesome!
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