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.
kacey Says:
I’ve tried the first thing in the morning writing. I need time to drink coffee and wake up. But then after that, IS my best time. Unfortunately I sometimes get sucked into email and blog hopping for too long…then it’s time to go to the day job. I guess I need to get up earlier…:coffee:
kacey Says:
double comment, sorry…
I HATE spiders and detest cobwebs. Especially when you walk through one…:rambo:
Jill Shalvis Says:
Adorable pic!!!! She is precious. But then again, she’s not keeping ME up all night …
Amy K. Says:
What a doll in her little pink hat! Are you SURE she would really keep you up all night? *ducking*
My best writing time…I don’t really know. I think it’s whenever I can squeeze it in. Ever since I started writing, my time was after the kids go to bed, but now that they are not babies, I can do a little during the day. I’m liking the morning thing, when they’re at preschool. I seem to get more done then than at night.
Suzanne Says:
Aw, pretty baby!!!!
Kristen Says:
I think I do my best writing in the early afternoon, although on occasion I’ll get going early and the words just flow like mad. Today was one of those days - I topped out at 13 pages and could have done more if we hadn’t had a previous commitment to go to.
Michelle Says:
Wow, that’s great, Kristen! WTG!