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...
Saturday, February 26, 2011
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
Friday, January 28, 2011
5 more days!
What has happened since the last update:
-started taking 3x the normal amount of iron for pregnant people in order to get my iron levels up; makes my stomach hurt bad!!! I am now done to one iron pill a day since they think my levels are good enough and I won't have to have a blood transfusion after Ellie is born.
-We set an induction date for February 2nd (her actual due date) so if she doesn't come before then, we will have her in 5 days :)
-I'm only dilated to a 2 still but the doctor did stretch me again SO UNCOMFORTABLE!! After that, I really started thinking about the whole labor process and for the first time I thought "maybe I can't do this"
-Jeff is more excited than ever and I think he is starting to become impatient
-We've cleaned the house more in the past two weeks than we have in the past (almost) 2 years we've lived here
-I finished my last day with the students yesterday, have a staff meeting today and then I won't be back at work until after Spring Break-I am looking forward to not seeing my students (I know that sounds horrible-but the past month has been really trying with them)
-Our backyard is a permanent swamp, I swear. Every time we let Harley out to play or go to the bathroom he finds mud and tracks it all in the house.
And that is about it...there are other things that I could explain about pregnancy but I think that it would gross you out
-started taking 3x the normal amount of iron for pregnant people in order to get my iron levels up; makes my stomach hurt bad!!! I am now done to one iron pill a day since they think my levels are good enough and I won't have to have a blood transfusion after Ellie is born.
-We set an induction date for February 2nd (her actual due date) so if she doesn't come before then, we will have her in 5 days :)
-I'm only dilated to a 2 still but the doctor did stretch me again SO UNCOMFORTABLE!! After that, I really started thinking about the whole labor process and for the first time I thought "maybe I can't do this"
-Jeff is more excited than ever and I think he is starting to become impatient
-We've cleaned the house more in the past two weeks than we have in the past (almost) 2 years we've lived here
-I finished my last day with the students yesterday, have a staff meeting today and then I won't be back at work until after Spring Break-I am looking forward to not seeing my students (I know that sounds horrible-but the past month has been really trying with them)
-Our backyard is a permanent swamp, I swear. Every time we let Harley out to play or go to the bathroom he finds mud and tracks it all in the house.
And that is about it...there are other things that I could explain about pregnancy but I think that it would gross you out
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