Mother = Multitasker
Motherhood has brought my ability to multitask to a whole new level. I just blew dry my hair while pooping. Man, do I have mad skills or what?
The little hat has been completed. I had to add some length as it was a bit small and kept popping off her head. The power of a knitter - fixing a project to suit your needs. You rarely have this kind of control over any part of your life. Ideally I would like to get this kind of thing right from the onset. However, in this case, adding ribbing was easy and just as cute (I would argue even cuter). I just picked up stitches along the edge and knit a 2×2 rib down from there. I increased about 5 stitches because I felt like the hat was a bit tight and I wanted baby to wear it for more than a week. When attempting this kind of modification the only thing you have to be aware of is the number of stitches you pick up, they should be a multiple of four.
Here is a photo of Sophia wearing her new hat while attending her first rock gig. She and her mama are an explosion of badly coordinated clothing. What can I say? It’s a miracle we even make it out of the house let alone make it out color coordinated. (Elisa avert your eyes, this will offend your sensibilities.)
(Mama’s sweater by me, Sophia’s sweater by Benedetta (Thanks Ben!), hat by me, sock in progress in the bag by me.)
No, no, no - I think Sophia simply coordinates with your oufit, completing it perfectly! Matching is out, at least according to Stacy and Clinton
18 Mar 2007 at 7:13 pm
With that much cuteness, who needs color coordination?
18 Mar 2007 at 8:19 pm
I’m just giggling because you and Sophia have EXACTLY the same look on your faces. Teeheehee.
19 Mar 2007 at 4:59 am
You rock on, mama! I never ever get my kids hats right on the first try, they always end custom fit as you have done. Always knit kid-hats top down is the life lesson there.
19 Mar 2007 at 6:44 am
You’re both adorable.
19 Mar 2007 at 7:01 am
YOU look great! Motherhood becomes you.
19 Mar 2007 at 8:18 am
Ha! Look at those fat little baby cheeks! So cute.
19 Mar 2007 at 8:20 am
Love that hat! But then, I love all baby hats (could be why my daughter has a few more than is strictly necessary). Keep up the multi-tasking. Have you been able to knit while nursing?!
19 Mar 2007 at 8:25 am
Hey — I don’t know if I’ve congratulated you yet on that gorgeou little human that you manufactured??? If not, CONGRATS!!! She a cutie-and-a-half.
I’ve managed to do a great many things while pooping. I breastfed on the toilet more than once. A mommy’s gotta do what a mommy’s gotta do. But now that Delma can sit up on her own, I have reclaimed ownership of my arms, and I can just plop her down on the floor with a toy or a cat. That kid seriously spends a LOT of time sitting on our bathroom floor, since Josh and I both get ready for work at the same time in the morning, etc… I have to just laugh sometimes when I look down and see her playing on the bathroom floor like it’s a perfectly normal place for a baby to hang out.
19 Mar 2007 at 8:35 am
OMG. Bwahhahahahahahaa…I remember those days…pooping and blow drying or even painting my toes or writing out bills. OK, TMI. It gets easier. Promise.
I love the no matchy. Character.
19 Mar 2007 at 8:54 am
you crack me up, wendy. way to be productive.
the hat turned out great.
19 Mar 2007 at 9:09 am
The coordination is evident in both of you wearing precious handknits. I hope dad was sporting something knit, too, but not too bad if it is just a grrlygrrl thing.
19 Mar 2007 at 9:35 am
Hey, as far as I’m concerned, during the first six months of a baby’s life, if everyone has eaten at least once in the past 24 hours, and there is no actual poop anywhere one might sit in it, you are ahead of the game. Ask me my thoughts about sleep-deprivation. Go ahead…ask.
19 Mar 2007 at 9:48 am
Isn’t it also amazing that once you enter motherhood, all of a sudden poop becomes a standard topic of conversation? Is swear, I can’t get away from it.
19 Mar 2007 at 10:19 am
Speaking of multitasking, have you figured out how to knit while nursing? I’m going to invent the first knitter’s babysling, I swear! Sophia looks adorable in her handknits!
19 Mar 2007 at 10:30 am
What about those fabulous musicians?
19 Mar 2007 at 11:25 am
How long, one has to wonder, before she can hold the lighter for you at the show?
19 Mar 2007 at 11:31 am
Moms, especially of babies and toddlers, are officially excused from all fashion directives until their children are able to feed, bathe, and dress themselves. It’s written somewhere.
And babies and moms wearing hand-knits? Always in style.
19 Mar 2007 at 12:06 pm
I just lauhed out loud. Like, LOUD loud. My neighbors probably think Im crazy.
If there’s a better pair of matching mommy-and-daughter — with matching expressions, no less — I haven’t found it.
19 Mar 2007 at 1:26 pm
Cuteness and funny all in the same post. Multi-tasking.
19 Mar 2007 at 2:02 pm
Hey, who says mama and baby are supposed to match??? I think that’s kind of creepy. I just got a Hanna Andersson (I think that’s the brand) catalog that sells matching family apparel. I always wondered where people bought that stuff. Now I know.
19 Mar 2007 at 2:39 pm
Mommy and baby cuteness is always well coordinated! Awwwww.
21 Mar 2007 at 8:21 am
Whew! Now that is multitasking.
Look at Sophia - She looks just like you!
22 Mar 2007 at 5:54 am
I love this picture- too cute!
It is like a ‘find the hidden knits’ puzzle from Higlights.
22 Mar 2007 at 9:58 pm
How cute is that? I love the peering look from Sophia, as if to say, “Check out my mad knits! I am rocking out HARDCORE!”
Or, conversely, “Whu-?”
26 Mar 2007 at 9:42 am