Baby Boot Camp

Last night, Baby and I had our first serious mother-daughter fight. The ChildWhoDoesNotSleep ™ decided that waking up at 1:30 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. for a bottle would be her new habit. I don’t think so. When she’s sick, that’s one thing. When she’s trying to rule the household, that’s another. So she got water in her bottle last night. This was her reaction: After approximately 1 hour of screaming, complaining, and being given water, she finally succumbed to a sulky sleep. Ha! I won.

And she did too, judging from the lack of sleep I got. Oh well, such is Baby Boot Camp. I’m big on training my kids to go to bed early and to get up early (of course I pay for this on the weekend). But I like having them both in bed at 7 p.m. so I can have some quality time with my husband. We have a pattern in our household, and it works for us.

This is what I need to do in my writing. My pattern is a bit off at the moment and I need to ensure that I write at the same time every day. Wasn’t there someone who said you have to do something 19 times in a row (or something like that) in order to form a habit? God help me if that’s how long it takes my daughter to sleep through the night. I think I’m really a morning person and I do so much better if I have my daily quota finished first thing. It brightens my day, knowing that I have X number of pages behind me. Maybe I need to stop blog-hopping in the morning and do my writing then. Hmmm…something to ponder.

What time of day is best for your writing?

Today’s trivia: In medieval times, cobwebs were used to staunch the bleeding in many wounds. The sticky quality of the spider webs would help the blood flow stop.