My internet dream

I dream of finding a spot like Yelp! that has listing just for parents with kids. If I were not so busy and exhausted from having a kid I would start one myself. It would specifically review restaurants on their changing facilities, wait times, and waitstaff attitudes about breastfeeding. It would review gyms on their childcare staff and facilities instead of whether people wipe their sweat off the weights machines. I would use it to find out where the best used clothes stores are so I could buy hats from Hanna Andersson for under $5.

I haven't been able to get back to sleep after mid-night nursing. Since I am at my parents' house, I am not too worried about it because I know I can get a nap later in the day while they play with the baby. I am sitting here thinking about how much I am yearning for family support when I am at home. Not only am I sad that my parents and my darling offspring can't be closer, but I do envy my friends who get to go to the gym whenever they want because they have a cadre of people to call over to watch the baby. (My mother-in-law has offered to do this but she knows that we are not entirely comfortable with this because of her mobility issues, and somewhat because her cognition slips here and there. She does provide me with great help every week or so, but it only allows me to get things done around the house since we don't leave Mini-Me alone with her.)