World Cup and cranky baby

Evan was not himself last night. My quiet, reserve little boy was acting up. I suspected an upset tummy. So in between focusing on the Holland-Serbia match, I had to calm him also. Not that it was really a great match but Holland is one of my favorite teams - must be the orange jerseys.

It's a challenge to me when the arrival of Evan coincide with the World Cup. If I was still single, staying up for the matches would be the norm. But with two boys to looks after and work to handle, I can only afford watching one match a day.

Where I live the matches are played at 9 pm, mid-night and the ungodly hour of 3 am. If you have the will, you can attempt to stay awake from 9 pm till 6 am the next day. If you have to be at work by 8 am then you would have set a record for being awake the whole day.

So I am only allowed the luxury of watching just one match a day. Sigh...

Hopefully, Evan's crankiness would not be a recurring feature. I remember during Ryan's first three months, he would go into a crying session at 6 pm every day. Without miss, come 6 pm he would start crying. This behavior went as mysteriously as it came. I pray that Evan does not develop the same thing that his older brother had.

The conclusion is don't have babies a year before the world cup comes along. It's really stressful watching your favorite team playing while holding a crying baby.