One-nap day #3

All went fine this morning, even though 4-5 inches of snow kept everyone away (it was my turn to host playgroup, and yesterday I had made a cake and defrosted a banana bread and tidied the house and tuned my dulcimer (one of the moms was going to bring her flute and stay late to play)).

The nap began at 1:00.

At 2:15 or so, I heard babble begin. Incredulous, I waited to see if she would go back to sleep.

At 3:00 or so, Mark got home. The happy babble was still going on, with occasional quiet moment. She doesn’t even have toys in there — just her three blankets and a giant stuffed dog. Amazing she could entertain herself so well, so long, in there.

At 4:00, we went ahead and got her up.

The rest of the day went reasonably well, considering; she was a little more reactive than when she’s slept well, but she coped well.

If the downward trend continues, will tomorrow’s nap be half an hour and Sunday’s be nothing at all? Just kidding. I think.

I am feeling a little worn down. I suppose it’s to be expected — the stresses of baby rash and kitty care, the transition to one nap with all the adjustments of expectations and plannings, the not having any in-person social contact other than a night at the dining hall…

Oh, and the coconut cake is good, but Amy’s birthday cake was better. This coconut cake is a recipe I got from the pastor’s wife in Ithaca. It’s a spice cake made with soaked oatmeal (and flour), with a cooked icing, with coconut in the batter (my innovation) and the icing (according to recipe; I left out the nuts because one mom’s son is allergic).

Oh, and I love my banana bread recipe — it tastes good and has good ingredients. But the crust is always rather hard. Is it the whole wheat flour instead of white? Or the maple syrup instead of sugar? Or the butter instead of oil? It would be nice to figure out how to make healthier baked goods that have the nice textures of the overly-processed kinds.