drewid
22-08-2005, 17:18
I'm having a yucky, no-good, exhausting, tiring bad day...
It feels like nothing has gone right today. Andrew is 6 months old today, which is really exciting (and scary) and it has been a crappy day! He has recently thrown off his old routine, so we are back to square one and neither he, nor i, have any idea when he is hungry, tired or bored. He has started getting agro every 2 1/2 to 3 hours, and after trying EVERYTHING i am feeding him, although previously he was very happy on 4hrly feeds. But when he is feeding, he's not staying on the breast, he's on and off and on and off and screaming in between. Its exhausting! So finally he has enough and then is back to normal for a little while. He starts to show tired signs - I put him to bed. He kicks and kicks until all the blankets are off, spits the dummy (literally and figuratively) and starts crying like theres no tomorrow. So after retucking and resettling a number of times, i give in, thinking maybe he's not really tired after all. Take him out, play around and half an hour later, showing tired signs again. So i try it all again, go to bed etc etc, only to follow the same thing again AND again. Its exhausting! He used to have about 4 sleeps a day of at least 45 mins each. Now today he had one sleep of 1 1/2hrs at lunch and 45 mins in the afternoon and thats it. I had to get out this afternoon and took him for a walk in the park. But that doesn't send him to sleep anymore like it used to either! But at least he was quiet for half an hour. Until we got home! He had a bath at the normal time of 5.30 and usually loves it - today he just lay there mute, no kicking or splashing, just quiet. Got a bit of kicking out of him with a bit of prompting. Got dressed for bed, had a last breastfeed, went to bed. He's been there for about half an hour. I have very little hope of him staying asleep until midnight, which is when he used to wake for a feed. The last few nights he has woken up at between 8 and 9 and taken an hour to settle again. Then he is up again at 2 and then up for the day at 5. I'm just buggered from the lack of sleep and from having to deal with his narkiness!!
I have half decided that perhaps he is going through a growth spurt, hence the extra feeding and upset sleeping habits. And also the fact that it seems lots of other bubs go through a change of routine at the 6 month mark. And I also think he might be teething (but how do you ever really know when that starts??) cos he is always chewing on his fingers and has a bit of a rosy tinge to his cheeks. Can't feel any coming through though.
*sigh* I feel better now that I have gotten it out.
Being a stay at home mum can be sooooo exhausting sometimes. Today is the first day it has ever really felt like hard work though.
Heres to a better day tomorrow....
Thanks for listening :)
It feels like nothing has gone right today. Andrew is 6 months old today, which is really exciting (and scary) and it has been a crappy day! He has recently thrown off his old routine, so we are back to square one and neither he, nor i, have any idea when he is hungry, tired or bored. He has started getting agro every 2 1/2 to 3 hours, and after trying EVERYTHING i am feeding him, although previously he was very happy on 4hrly feeds. But when he is feeding, he's not staying on the breast, he's on and off and on and off and screaming in between. Its exhausting! So finally he has enough and then is back to normal for a little while. He starts to show tired signs - I put him to bed. He kicks and kicks until all the blankets are off, spits the dummy (literally and figuratively) and starts crying like theres no tomorrow. So after retucking and resettling a number of times, i give in, thinking maybe he's not really tired after all. Take him out, play around and half an hour later, showing tired signs again. So i try it all again, go to bed etc etc, only to follow the same thing again AND again. Its exhausting! He used to have about 4 sleeps a day of at least 45 mins each. Now today he had one sleep of 1 1/2hrs at lunch and 45 mins in the afternoon and thats it. I had to get out this afternoon and took him for a walk in the park. But that doesn't send him to sleep anymore like it used to either! But at least he was quiet for half an hour. Until we got home! He had a bath at the normal time of 5.30 and usually loves it - today he just lay there mute, no kicking or splashing, just quiet. Got a bit of kicking out of him with a bit of prompting. Got dressed for bed, had a last breastfeed, went to bed. He's been there for about half an hour. I have very little hope of him staying asleep until midnight, which is when he used to wake for a feed. The last few nights he has woken up at between 8 and 9 and taken an hour to settle again. Then he is up again at 2 and then up for the day at 5. I'm just buggered from the lack of sleep and from having to deal with his narkiness!!
I have half decided that perhaps he is going through a growth spurt, hence the extra feeding and upset sleeping habits. And also the fact that it seems lots of other bubs go through a change of routine at the 6 month mark. And I also think he might be teething (but how do you ever really know when that starts??) cos he is always chewing on his fingers and has a bit of a rosy tinge to his cheeks. Can't feel any coming through though.
*sigh* I feel better now that I have gotten it out.
Being a stay at home mum can be sooooo exhausting sometimes. Today is the first day it has ever really felt like hard work though.
Heres to a better day tomorrow....
Thanks for listening :)