Family

[ste_noni]

I wanted to post something meaningful about my new stay-at-home-mom status, but nothing is really coming to me. Mostly I like it - taking care of Ellie is meaningful and fulfilling - until about 4:30pm every day. After that point, she is fussy until she goes to sleep around 8:30. She needs to nap in the morning, so she's not wanting to nap from 5-7, but I haven't had any luck yet at adjusting her nap time. The hard part is, this is the time when Joe sees her. He doesn't want to hold her/play with her because she's so fussy. I try to convince him she's not always like that, but it makes me feel like he's failing at being a dad. We had a family melt down today because I just wanted 30 minutes of not holding her, she was fussy, and he was crabby. They both fell asleep at 7:00. I'm still awake and feeling frustrated.

Now that I have my little family back together, when do we all reach that point of harmony with each other? Does that just happen in books?