As The Day Bends Over

Blog No. 95: Lennox Home

"As The Day Bends Over"? Its my lame title for a random soap opera.

Maybe mine.

Today, I'm broadcasting from the house. I would be glad if only I knew it was permanent. That, and if I didn't have to be here. 

As it stands, I'm here because I was told to be here, which is understandable seeing as a newborn is in the house. But my mom didn't express it that way. It was more like, be there in case (or WHEN) something goes wrong, to put it nicely. To put it bluntly, both her and my aunt might as well have said that Audrey and John are incompetent.

My aunt, while driving me to the hospital yesterday, (after we got McDonalds for the new mommy and Starbux for the old one), pretty much vented what she thought about the situation, and the SAME EXACT conversation happened again with my mom today on the way back to the house. It got blown out of proportion, like someone inflated a balloon with to much air from an air tank filled with fart. Sorry to give you the image, but that was pretty much how it felt just sitting there, nodding your head, not being able to speak up, or give the benefit of the doubt. Which is why I have this blog to vent! XP

Here are some collective highlights:

"They are putting us out like its no one's business! They did not arrive prepared at that hospital and I'm willing to bet you they are not at all prepared at the house!"

"You should give them a diary-thing on the baby's feeding schedule. Watch, she'll do it while you [my mom] are there, but as soon as you're out of there they won't stick to it. Bet on it!"  

[Getting Zac Efron's Bet on It song out of my head...]

"They have to be told what they're going to do but I doubt they'll even listen. They've done a swell job as it is!"

"The second Audrey is alone, she will be overwhelmed and won't know how to handle anything! If she's already crying in the hospital, the safest place you can possibly be in, imagine what will happen with the scene change!"

"This is all we can do. I mean, we're here with the baby and we have to make sure its alright. That's why [my mom] is willing to bust her back, because it's the child that would suffer."

That last one really got me, because that's how my mom talked about the Octuplet Mom or Casey Anthony, (watch Nancy Grace and you'll know this reference as well as my 5 and 7 o'clock pain). Granted, some of the language has been changed in my head. Some sound affects and hand gestures that supposedly simulates an insulting retarded person were taken out as well... 

All I know is: John and Audrey already started a feeding and diaper schedule for Lennox before we got there. Audrey pretty much asked all the questions for the breast feeding procedures from what I saw, so she it tring to keep herself informed. They already had all the baby stuff done, like assembly of the crib (thanks to yours truly) and organization of the baby's things. As far as crying, all I hear are the baby's cries, but they were really brief because he just wanted a diaper change. This, and Audrey did not give birth to and exploit eight babies for TV time or kill her daughter and bury the corpse wrapped in plastic bags and duct tape.

It's funny how they go along like this, then act like they're indifferent when they come face to face with John and Audrey. My maternal parental units have no right to complain. I remember awhile back, (Blog: Baby Shower), that my mom was talking about how much John's mom did not approve of Audrey before the pregnancy and wedding. They acted all happy around John's parents too, but they admit to being fake about it. I'm not sure if John's parents were doing the same, nor do I have the right to comment or accuse on it. All I can say is how dare my mom and aunt talk so high and mighty like that, act insulted for Audrey of how much they did not approve of her, and then turn around and do the same thing with John.

Lennox is not that high maitenanced. I think the thing with this "Post Mordem Depression" or whatever the hell it is is just the hormone imbalance magnifying everything to an extreme. Audrey did show some signs, but after that, all she needed was John or my mom there to put wet towels over her eyes and like the second it came she immediately talked herself down and was sane again.

So what's my mom and aunt's excuse?

...

OK. That's it. I don't have the right to complain either. Everyone has the right to their own opinion. That's how my mom and aunt see it and this is how I see it.

Moving on!

As far as status on the baby? All is well in the kingdom of newborns, as stated in between the venting. The doctor and nurses say that everything was going normally as it should. Everyone involved are maintaining a healthy amount of food consumption and bowel movements (teehee! XP). So they discharged Audrey and Lennox. The rest of this week, supposedly, is dedicated to making sure Audrey gets to a point of feeling better and both John and Audrey are holding down the fort OK.

I'm gonna go to bed now, after I see Lennox one more time so I don't go to sleep angry. 

That mexipino baby is SO cute! XP