The 3 month rule
Call me jaded, but I have this rule I tell expectant or wantabee moms..."if you can get through the first 3 months of life, you'll make it." E was a tough baby. She cried constantly. One day, she cried from 8-4:30...to which prompted the phone call to hubby...
Me: (tearful) Honey, can a baby die from crying?
He: (sarcastic) Only if you kill it.
Me: (desperate) You better come home.
And so I went to bed, crying my eyes out cause I couldn't figure out my kid. Ends up, I'm doing no better with the second. L was a great baby from the get go but has trouble with abdominal gas. We've tried switching formula which is working better, but she's still having "attacks." Then Monday she got her 2 month needles and she hasn't been right since. Sleeping habits are all screwed up. Her 2-3 hour naps are cut in half...and I can't seem to get a break. Even when DH & MIL come home, by then I'm too awake and so starved for adult conversation, I can't sleep. Or I can't calm myself to because no matter where I am in the house, I can still hear her crying...I just can't relax. Last night I had the jets going in my bubbly tub and the fan overhead and I could still hear her...damn mother's ear.
Anyway, my point is I have a hard time following my own advice. She'll be three months old in about 2 weeks and I feel like the 3 month rule isn't going to work. She's getting better instead of worse. I'd like to blame the needles but it's going on 4 days now. Seems odd to affect her this long. I'm just worn out. With the cold/cough (which is getting better) and the lack of sleep, I feel like an ol' dish rag. I feel I don't have a right to complain though, cause it could be a lot worse. Mari: I don't know how you've survived this long getting up with kids every night for the passed 5ish years!! And Shay: I can't imagine how I'd cope being "single mom" for the last 2ish years. It makes me want to smack myself. Here I am, 2 kids, 3 adults and complaining. How dare I. Guess everyone needs a turn on the pity pot now and then.
Well, I better skat. Can you believe it? She actually fell asleep. Lets see how long this lasts.
~B
posted by Bern @ 7:29 a.m.
1 Comments:
It is hard but you're doing a great job. A break, complete break is good/necessary. Maybe you need to get out of the house all together and take a little walk/drive or something just to get away. That could help. I completely empathize with you. B cried for months b/c of reflux and was sick/in the hosp so much in her first three years just thinking about it makes me tired. Last year nearly killed me. However, it got/is getting better and will for you too.
Hang in there chick! Be optimistic that the 3-month rule will prevail :)
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