Daylight Savings

I stayed up to watch my phone tick from 1:59am to 1:00am. I really shouldn't have. Not just because I will be tired but because the baby doesn't know that we should be getting an extra hour of delicious sleep today. It's 4:46am her time and she's been awake for 45 minutes now. She is not the best sleeper and we still struggle with a consistent night of sleep. I say that I'll be happy if she sleeps from nine pm to five am but I lie. I want her to sleep until seven or eight am. I want her to sleep like the books say she is supposed to. I want her to sleep so that we can all sleep. So that I can sleep.
When is it too early to teach the baby how to tell time?

While the Baby Cries

I am probably checking statuses and photos on Facebook, or clicking links and retweets on Twitter, while the baby cries.
I am possibly washing day-old dishes, or folding never-ending piles of laundry, while the baby cries.
I am trying to make a healthy lunch, or make a bottle of hard-earned breast milk, while the baby cries.
I am driving in hellish commuter traffic, or have forgotten the diaper bag by the front door, while the baby cries.
I am wrangling the squirming preschooler's hair, telling my husband where he left something, while the baby cries.
I am rushing to finish what I have started, or rushing to start what needs to be done, while the baby cries.
I am bending down to pick her up despite what my physical therapist said, or leaning over her broken drop-side crib despite what my back says, while the baby cries.
I am cuddling, kissing, soothing, singing, whispering...while the to-do list waits.