48 Comments on “Mother’s little helper

  1. Sometimes just the sound of the diet coke can opening is enough to start the relaxing!
    Posted by: Samantha

  2. Oh, no. Not the evil diet Coke. 😉

    Whatever you need to get you through it, honey. Seriously.
    Posted by: Cassie

  3. What Cassie said. It’s too hot to actually touch anyone, but i’m sending you a virtual hug.
    Posted by: regina

  4. It is so hot, I was dreaming of a scotch on the rocks or a gin and tonic. I settled for a towering glass of iced tea. Hang in there.
    Posted by: sophiagrrl

  5. Aaack! I remember sitting in the car a few years ago when my daughter was young, trying so hard to remember what it was that I was supposed to be doing. I knew it was something I wanted to do, something I had been needing to do for a while, something I should do, but I was just too tired to remember. After wracking my brain for a few minutes, I finally remembered what it was – take a nap!
    The next place we stopped I got a big ole’ diet coke, and boy was it good.
    Posted by: Marie

  6. Sometimes just the sound of the diet coke can opening is enough to start the relaxing!
    Posted by: Samantha

  7. Oh, no. Not the evil diet Coke. 😉

    Whatever you need to get you through it, honey. Seriously.
    Posted by: Cassie

  8. What Cassie said. It’s too hot to actually touch anyone, but i’m sending you a virtual hug.
    Posted by: regina

  9. It is so hot, I was dreaming of a scotch on the rocks or a gin and tonic. I settled for a towering glass of iced tea. Hang in there.
    Posted by: sophiagrrl

  10. Aaack! I remember sitting in the car a few years ago when my daughter was young, trying so hard to remember what it was that I was supposed to be doing. I knew it was something I wanted to do, something I had been needing to do for a while, something I should do, but I was just too tired to remember. After wracking my brain for a few minutes, I finally remembered what it was – take a nap!
    The next place we stopped I got a big ole’ diet coke, and boy was it good.
    Posted by: Marie

  11. heat + baby = diet coke + chocolate. Tomorrow is a new day, and hopefully cooler.
    Posted by: Alison

  12. heat + baby = diet coke + chocolate. Tomorrow is a new day, and hopefully cooler.
    Posted by: Alison

  13. heat + baby = diet coke + chocolate. Tomorrow is a new day, and hopefully cooler.
    Posted by: Alison

  14. mmmm – come to the dark side!! if you want a real buzz the dark chocolate Toblerone is EXCELLENT!!!!
    Posted by: michellenyc

  15. mmmm – come to the dark side!! if you want a real buzz the dark chocolate Toblerone is EXCELLENT!!!!
    Posted by: michellenyc

  16. When our kids were about four months old one of the moms in my parenting group came to a meeting and said, “No wonder all those women in the fifties were closet alcoholics.” I figure if the kid’s okay and I’m sober we’ve had a sucessful day.
    Posted by: Jessica

  17. Sending over some of our big fat cooling rainclouds for you, plus strength, and thumbs up for being wonderful.
    Posted by: marrije

  18. heat + baby = diet coke + chocolate. Tomorrow is a new day, and hopefully cooler.
    Posted by: Alison

  19. heat + baby = diet coke + chocolate. Tomorrow is a new day, and hopefully cooler.
    Posted by: Alison

  20. heat + baby = diet coke + chocolate. Tomorrow is a new day, and hopefully cooler.
    Posted by: Alison

  21. mmmm – come to the dark side!! if you want a real buzz the dark chocolate Toblerone is EXCELLENT!!!!
    Posted by: michellenyc

  22. mmmm – come to the dark side!! if you want a real buzz the dark chocolate Toblerone is EXCELLENT!!!!
    Posted by: michellenyc

  23. When our kids were about four months old one of the moms in my parenting group came to a meeting and said, “No wonder all those women in the fifties were closet alcoholics.” I figure if the kid’s okay and I’m sober we’ve had a sucessful day.
    Posted by: Jessica

  24. Sending over some of our big fat cooling rainclouds for you, plus strength, and thumbs up for being wonderful.
    Posted by: marrije

  25. Poor you. I remember those days vividly. Just remember that no matter how bad things get, it’s only a stage and when they are teeny like Thumper, things change radically every month or so.
    Posted by: liz

  26. Hugs and big, cool Diet Cokes for you.
    This will pass, and you’ll look back and laugh…OK, you won’t really laugh. Maybe chuckle. Maybe give a sigh of relief that it’s not like this anymore, and then you’ll smile at how far the two of you have come.
    For now, stay cool and enjoy the caffeine.
    Posted by: Sharon G.

  27. I feel your pain!! I’m all over the soda, but sadly still have to leave the chocolate alone. This is gonna be a long year 😉
    Posted by: Cambria W

  28. Oh man, I helped my friend one night with the baby and I have ALL NEW RESPECT for you parenty people. Geez…maybe I’ll stick with the dogs and rats. Much less sleep depriving.
    Posted by: Auntie M

  29. Bubbly caffeine and chocolate, just what the doctor ordered. Sometimes it’s crucial to “baby” yourself.

    Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport

  30. What a beautiful vignette of a mother’s neccessities- diet coke, chocolate and blankie!
    Posted by: Andrea

  31. Poor you. I remember those days vividly. Just remember that no matter how bad things get, it’s only a stage and when they are teeny like Thumper, things change radically every month or so.
    Posted by: liz

  32. Hugs and big, cool Diet Cokes for you.
    This will pass, and you’ll look back and laugh…OK, you won’t really laugh. Maybe chuckle. Maybe give a sigh of relief that it’s not like this anymore, and then you’ll smile at how far the two of you have come.
    For now, stay cool and enjoy the caffeine.
    Posted by: Sharon G.

  33. I feel your pain!! I’m all over the soda, but sadly still have to leave the chocolate alone. This is gonna be a long year 😉
    Posted by: Cambria W

  34. Oh man, I helped my friend one night with the baby and I have ALL NEW RESPECT for you parenty people. Geez…maybe I’ll stick with the dogs and rats. Much less sleep depriving.
    Posted by: Auntie M

  35. Bubbly caffeine and chocolate, just what the doctor ordered. Sometimes it’s crucial to “baby” yourself.

    Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport

  36. What a beautiful vignette of a mother’s neccessities- diet coke, chocolate and blankie!
    Posted by: Andrea

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