We switched the little lady over to formula in attempts to help with the fussiness...well she isn't fussing right now but she sure isn't going back to sleep. I'm pretty sure she may have her days and nights mixed up!!
I'm glad she isn't screaming and crying, but I would really like to go back to sleep...now I have to figure out how to fix this problem. How do you tell a 1 month old that when it is dark we sleep and when it is light we stay awake and play...
I guess you can't!
Thank you for not crying Ellie...mommy really appreciates it!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
khglud uld
literally at my wits end
I need a good nights sleep, but with Ellie it is impossible...why couldn't I have a child that just ate and slept like normal babies do
I want to cry so I'm going to...
I need a good nights sleep, but with Ellie it is impossible...why couldn't I have a child that just ate and slept like normal babies do
I want to cry so I'm going to...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Like clockwork
I don't know how mothers do it...most babies start to sleep for longer periods of time by this point (3 weeks) my child seems to sleep less.
From 6-10 last night she was screaming bloody murder-wouldn't eat, had a clean diaper, didn't really have gas....just crying, crying and more crying. It was exhausting.
So after her 4 hour cry session I figured she would sleep well for the rest of the night...WRONG! She slept until about 1 then woke up to eat then thankfully fell back asleep only to wake up at 4 to eat and cry again....its not 4:53 and we are still awake and she is still cranky. I am desperate for sleep.
Jeff is sleeping peacefully in the bedroom as usual and I swear to God if he complains he is tired or bored today I'm going to kill him.
I just don't know what to do for her-she cries when she drinks breast milk, she cries when she is on formula, she has terrible gas/digestive problems-I am at my wits end!!! I NEED sleep-the more I go without sleep the more of a terrible person I become. I don't want to become one of those mothers who is cranky and irritable all the time, but I am slowly becoming one.
And if one more person gives me a suggestion on what worked for their child I am going to SCREAM!!! My child is not your child so what worked for them doesn't automatically work for her get it?
From 6-10 last night she was screaming bloody murder-wouldn't eat, had a clean diaper, didn't really have gas....just crying, crying and more crying. It was exhausting.
So after her 4 hour cry session I figured she would sleep well for the rest of the night...WRONG! She slept until about 1 then woke up to eat then thankfully fell back asleep only to wake up at 4 to eat and cry again....its not 4:53 and we are still awake and she is still cranky. I am desperate for sleep.
Jeff is sleeping peacefully in the bedroom as usual and I swear to God if he complains he is tired or bored today I'm going to kill him.
I just don't know what to do for her-she cries when she drinks breast milk, she cries when she is on formula, she has terrible gas/digestive problems-I am at my wits end!!! I NEED sleep-the more I go without sleep the more of a terrible person I become. I don't want to become one of those mothers who is cranky and irritable all the time, but I am slowly becoming one.
And if one more person gives me a suggestion on what worked for their child I am going to SCREAM!!! My child is not your child so what worked for them doesn't automatically work for her get it?
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Be T Dub
I've already lost over 20 pounds...hurray for me!!
And I forgot to update on Ellie's two week appointment as well:
7 lbs 15 oz; 21 inches
And I forgot to update on Ellie's two week appointment as well:
7 lbs 15 oz; 21 inches
Friday, February 18, 2011
Sleep deprived
So it is pretty much official-
Ellie has colic or colic like symptoms she is fussy for about a total of 4 hours a day which is always at the most inconvenient of times like dinner time or 2 o'clock in the morning. We've started incorporating a bottle into her feeding schedule, once with breast milk and once with formula (formula for fussiness and gassy!) We are going to slowly switch her to only bottle in the next 2 weeks I think- this will just make it easier for when I have to go back to work. The only with breast feeding is that if I don't pump or feed her my boobs HURT SO FREAKING BAD!! And who wants to pump in the middle of the night just so she can have a bottle?!?! Not quite sure how that is going to work...any suggestions? I don't want to go to full on formula (unless we have to) because it is really stinking expensive and I'm not sure we can afford it as this point in time.
Right now Ellie is napping which is super rare for this time at night-let us hope that this is a good sign for the rest of the night! I really really miss sleeping!
Ellie has colic or colic like symptoms she is fussy for about a total of 4 hours a day which is always at the most inconvenient of times like dinner time or 2 o'clock in the morning. We've started incorporating a bottle into her feeding schedule, once with breast milk and once with formula (formula for fussiness and gassy!) We are going to slowly switch her to only bottle in the next 2 weeks I think- this will just make it easier for when I have to go back to work. The only with breast feeding is that if I don't pump or feed her my boobs HURT SO FREAKING BAD!! And who wants to pump in the middle of the night just so she can have a bottle?!?! Not quite sure how that is going to work...any suggestions? I don't want to go to full on formula (unless we have to) because it is really stinking expensive and I'm not sure we can afford it as this point in time.
Right now Ellie is napping which is super rare for this time at night-let us hope that this is a good sign for the rest of the night! I really really miss sleeping!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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