Mmmm Milk Shakes

Let's, for the sake of this blog, measure energy in terms of banana milk shakes.
Think about this. If it takes 3 banana milk shakes to clean the bathroom and mop the floor, then it takes 6 banana milk shakes to do it with a baby.
Whether you put her in a sling, leave her napping, or put her in a swing or walker, it is going to take you twice as many banana milk shakes to get the job done.
If she's in a sling, well, you have extra cumbersome weight on your body while your trying to scour the bathtub.
If she's napping your trying to scrub the toilet bowl at lightning speed so you won't have to go attend to her with clorox all over your hands when she wakes up.
And lastly, she will only tolerate a walker or swing for about ten minutes. Then you have to think of something else.

If it takes 1 banana milk shake to put your groceries away, it takes 3 if you are trying to do it while holding munchkin. Your back hurts, it takes forever to get up once you've bent to fill the vegetable bin. And it's really hard to make room in the freezer with just one hand.
Speaking of groceries. Grocery shopping? That takes about ten banana milkshakes. If you take the stroller, where do you put it so you can use a shopping cart? (I'm talking about those of us without a car.) You balance a small basket on top of the stroller and put heavy items under the stroller, hoping no one thinks you are stealing. Plus, I bet she's going to want to get out of the stroller at some point so you are maneuvering and shopping with one hand.
Oh, oh! Ever tried to empty a shopping cart (or grocery filled stroller) with either one hand, a crying baby or just running back and forth from the stroller to the check out lane because the stroller doesn't fit.
It's really fun.
Or, you could take her in the sling so you can use a shopping cart but, with no stroller, how are you going to carry all your groceries home? (Again, if you have a car, this is a moot point. But cars bring on their own work outs).

Anyway, I always break a sweat at the grocery store.

Thinking about and making lunch takes a lot of milk shakes as well. Also usually done with one hand, sometimes you have to settle for peanut butter and jelly when what you really want is grilled Turkey and Swiss with sliced tomato. And it's difficult, what with baby sticking her hand in the peanut butter and all.

Everything done with a baby in tow takes twice as many banana milk shakes as it would alone.
Because a baby is a joy and we signed up for this, my advice to you is this:

Drink a lot of banana milk shakes. They are easy to make with one hand and fill you up and give you tons of energy.
If you like you can add strawberries, or chocolate or peanut butter.
If you are really courageous, why not a raw egg? (Well, why not?) You will have more time to attack other one handed tasks and not be all hungry and grouchy.
Yay!