After babysitting for three weeks straight I consider myself an expert on babysitting.
So, I wanted to share my number one tip for babysitting.
I find that this tip works like a charm with a rambunctious seven-month old baby.
This works for Mabel.
This works for me.
A bit of grandmother humor!
Lori Greer in Portland 
I thought you were going to say give the baby gripe water. Remember that stuff? I wonder what was in it.
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Thanks for the reminder. I need to check on it as my granddaughter is teething. I believe it has fennel & chamomile but I don’t know about other ingredients.
I hope your new book is coming along. Have a great weekend.
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Working on the new book and coming along well, thank you. Have a great weekend, Lori.
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Well, at least both of you got ‘drunk’…
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sounds good to me. 🙂
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Based on my friends, I think it’s a trick that works well for moms as well!
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Hahaha, good tip! 😉
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Is that wine? Wonder why I never thought of that? Oh yeah. I didn’t drink. No matter….they all drink now. LOLOL
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How are you doing? My granddaughter is running me ragged. I enjoy her so it’s OK. I enjoy happy hour on the front porch with her parents at the end of the day.
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I’m hanging in. Trying to figure out if #4 is in a rehab place. I haven’t been able to find him but I guess (according to Loser) he’s okay. I’ve got a hankering to travel but I don’t want to go by myself. 😦
Maybe someday. 🙂
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Maybe a short trip to somewhere close just to get away? 😊
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It would be so much more fun with a buddy. Sigh. That’s what I had always planned before I found out that Loser was a pig. He always got to travel before…and he and that WTC are getting to travel now.
Like I said…maybe someday.
How are you…besides reveling in the glory of your grandchild?
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I am doing fine. Heading home in a few days. I will love being home but will miss my little granddaughter. It is hard being a long-distance grandmother.
I hope “someday” arrives sooner than later for your travels. Have a great weekend.
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So funny!
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I was taking the 4am shift with almost one month old granddaughter for 12 days. Now I’m home and waking up at 4am still. Oye. I didn’t have full care of her just the 4am shift and then hand offs during the day. I can hold an infant and still drink a G & T without spilling….no, not at 4 am at Gin thirty (3:30 pm)
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My hat is off to you with your “shift duty”! A G&T sounds pretty good too especially on a hot day.
I am going home soon and am starting to feel sad. I will miss my little one.
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Yes, I miss our little.
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Hilarious! I remember saying to my wife when we used to babysit our two granddaughters when they were younger….”there’s two of them and two of us, how come I feel outnumbered?”
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A good bordeaux may be able to “cure” all upsetting days, Lori. I tend to buy merlot often. . . 🙂 So happy you have this new wonderful sleep interruption named Mabel.
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I like merlot also…generally very smooth. My three week visit is over. I am back in Portland. Missing that sweet baby a lot!! I have been to see her three times in the first 7 months of her life. Racking up airline miles!
Have a wonderful week!
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Merlot is a smooth wine and when people say they can “taste” vanilla or berries, I usually cannot separate the wine “tones.” (I don’t admit this around connoisseurs, though. 🙂 )
Babies are so special and they change in those beginning months. I don’t blame you for spending extra time. It will “bond” you, so wonderful! 🙂
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Hilarious!!!!!
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