Headache
You know when you have one of those headaches that last through the day making you both exhausted and irritable? Well imagine how it is while taking care of a baby…. Not good. That was my day yesterday, by the end of it I was just about out of commission. I was thinking that I would have to call my mom this morning and have her come over today to help me recover, and then I come to find out that she is sick, cross that off the list. So instead Don insists we go to bed early…. You know who didn’t insist? Ryan. He in fact insisted that he not be left alone, if we did leave him alone he would wake up 20 minutes later. This is very abnormal behavior for him; I am still not sure what was going on. Don being the wonderful husband that he is finally took the baby downstairs to sleep in the living room with him. I have a feeling I am still going to be a mess tomorrow.
My friend Nicki got sick a week and a half ago and it was really bad (like going to the doctor’s a few times) but she still had to take care of her daughter. She has inspired me to suck it up, if she can do that I can certainly get through a day like I am in for. That and I am leaving for a beach vacation for a week on Saturday. Yay beach!
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well it is not fun... and i brought ava to bed and made her play in the bed with me pretty much all day. i am still not feelin' great but on the mend. Ummm but be careful cause it all started with a headache for me. so be extra good about pumping on time.
feel better.
Have you ever heard of the Continuum concept? The (natural) reason that babies cry when we leave them alone is because it is unnatural for them to be left alone. What other baby mammal on earth is left to fend for itself in its sleep? Why do North American people thank that putting their baby in a cage (crib) is natural? You'll all feel better if you all just stick together. The book is fabulous, you wouldn't regret reading it, especially now that you have some free time off from school.
Congratulations on finishing law school-- that's a big accomplishment!
I have read that along with pretty much every parenting book out there. We tried co-sleeping and he did not sleep well at all, everytime Don or I moved Ryan would wake up. We tried for about 3 days then when we put him in the crib the next night he slept for 8 hours straight because he was so tired from the previous nights.
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