Sometimes, like today, we just have an "off-day", where he wakes up in a bad mood or is cranky, and everything seems to fall off schedule and feel out-of-synch. (This time, I'm pretty sure it's teething-related, but there isn't much I can do for him that I'm not already doing.).

And then I end up in a bad mood, have no energy to entertain LO, he gets crankier, and it just seems like a vicious cycle - end up counting the minutes til bedtime, so we can hopefully get a fresh start tomorrow.

Days like this make me question myself as a mama - aren't we supposed to have endless patience and be awesome all the time?