I can't go to bed. I know that as soon as I go to bed and get comfortable, Baby V will wake up. So why go to bed? Why tease my body?
I have to confess two things:
(1) Chebbles has almost stopped using the potty. "I don't want to be a big girl," she has proclaimed. We get about two toilet visits a day, if we're lucky, so I had to return to Costco and purchase two more cases of Pull-Ups. I grumble mightily while I'm cleaning the poop off of her bum, but I don't think she cares.
(2) Baby V reviles her crib. It was a short love affair, but she has decided that nothing is so sweet as being nestled up against her beautiful mama. Even if I'm roasting hot and I reek, apparently.
I just conned Baby V into sleeping in her crib tonight. She's been in there for more than an hour, seemingly asleep. But I'm nervous because I had to roll up multiple burp cloths and a big fuzzy blanket in order for her pacifier to remain in her mouth. Because if/when that pacifer falls out, it's wakey-wakey time for Mama. But I inadvertantly turned her crib into a SIDS nightmare with all that propped cloth.
Anyway, once she rolls me out of bed with her bird-like cries, I just keep up my grumbling and chuck her into bed with me, because it's easier than having to get up any more in the night.
GRUMBLE! My children have no mercy on their tired haggard mama. I had my brows and legs waxed today, and I washed my hair, I fit into my non-pregnant jeans, AND I put on make-up -- so when I caught my reflection in a darkened window, I had high expectations of what I'd see there.
Ugh, people! My nose is bright red despite my sunscreen applications. I have a cystic zit on my chin and the stretched-out skin of my belly looks like I'm hiding another baby in there. I seriously look like Sissy Spacek right now DESPITE the mascara.
No amount of ex-boyfriends tracking me down on Facebook (and there have been a lot in the last few weeks!?) is the ego boost I need right now. What I need is to sleep, through the night, by myself. No pooping toddlers, no birdy wails, just finish one dream from start to finish.
So, I'm looking at the year 2020 for that sleep, yes?
About Me
- Shaken Mama
- Hub-D and I are now parents to Chebbles (9/05) and her sister, Baby V (2/08). Despite weathering two miscarriages in 2006, and enduring two hellish full-term pregnancies so far, we harbor maniacal dreams of adding to our family. I quit running a PR agency in order to raise my children, obsessively pee on pregnancy tests and drink wine.
Blogs I Read
- A Little Pregnant
- Anne Nahm
- baby in the making (we hope!)
- Bigelow World
- Carolina Grace
- Chock-A-Blog
- Family Reunion
- Give Me Some Sugarbytes
- Gruppie Paradise
- How to become an adult in 6 easy steps
- Julia -- Here Be Hippogriffs
- Just a Girl in SF
- Karen Road Chronicles
- Karlababble
- Keepin' On, Girl
- Lannae's Food and Travel Blog
- Little Man Chase
- My Evil Heart
- Now a dayz
- Stirrup Queens
- The Poop -- Chronicle Baby Blog
- The RE's Muse
- Three Boys and an Angel
- Where are the naked pictures?
- Whoozyermama
- Wish You Were Here!
4 comments:
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I do the same SIDS-taunting routine to get the Punky asleep during the day for naptime, except I get creative with my old body pillow from the prego days, a few burp cloths, and a few moments of entertaining the idea of some sort of homemade face mask contraption to hold the pacifier in. I'm telling you, if I could make something like that and patent it, I'd make millions.
My baby girl will only sleep on her belly..yikes...I know...I have had many moms look disappointingly at me when I tell them that I let her do so, as it is the only way to get any sleep. I figure as long as I check on her alot and make sure the covers are not over her head she will be fine considering we do not meet any of the other SIDS criteria and we all slept on our bellies as children. I do not condone this activity, but sometimes I think it is safer than having her sleep on me at night???? Good luck with getting some rest!
did you crawl into my head and write that post? thanks!
Dude, it WILL get better. Everybody looks like that on no sleep. I looked like death warmed over, and I suck at using makeup, so if it's any comfort, I'm sure you looked better than I did!!!!!!!!!
Baby V will figure out she isn't a newborn, as she won't be.
Chebbles will stop wanting crap on her bum.
And you will get sleep.
I hear you on the exhaustion. It's one of the #1 reasons nobody could convince me to do it again. I do not do exhaustion well. I think I actually suck at it. If I was graded, I'd get an F.
Hang in, and ring and kvetch, as needed. I'm an excellent kvetch recipient :).
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