Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
Today I went to my Mommy and Me group to decompress and give my little ray of sunshine some one-on-one baby time. Quinn loves just hangin with other babies… It’s a great hour and a half for both she and I (or rather an hour class if you’re a dope like me and show up a half hour late because you could have SWORN that the class started at 12:30, not 12 o’clock).
Anyway, Mom’s were sharing what was currently going on in their life, with their little one. It got around to me and I honestly was overcome with diarrhea-of-the-mouth. I was all… this is going on, and this, and this, and this and this and this. Oh and I feel this, and this and this, and oh, have any of you experienced this or that with your little one????? I managed to get some information from other mom’s but honestly I think I wore out my Mommy and Me welcome today — Seriously.
The last week has been very crazy for me… We had visitors all week last week which was great, but I’m exhausted. Very exhausted. On top of that, Quinn’s little list of milestones is currently overloaded with data. Too much, TOO fast…
Sitting up. She officially sits up, all by herself — “Lying down is like sooo 3 months old mom”. So now every time I lie her down for her nap, she lifts her head and legs in an attempt to sit up. Unfortunately, she hasn’t mastered sleeping while sitting up, so we play this game of sit up for a moment, then lie down, try to go to sleep, then wait, back up again… look at mom, smile, then lie back down again.
Teeth. As I’ve mentioned before, she’s got two teeth, two more are following close behind. It’s appears to be a process that is very painful for my little one. Affecting her more so when she’s tired..
Food. She’s nursing nearly every 1 1/2 hours — 2 hours if I’m lucky.
Sleeping. It appears that she’s bored with sleeping all night. Waking up every other hour screaming bloody murder is much more fun than sleeping a 6-7 hour stretch. As every mother will tell you, at that exact moment you feel that you’ve got things “figured out”, everything changes leaving you feel less than adequate.
All of these milestones along with with this lovely new sleep pattern is leaving me feel less than able to cope. In fact, my tears are floating so close to the surface these days that even on a routine “bitch fest” call to Macy’s customer service — to find out WHY they are charging me for something I NEVER PURCHASED — rather than rev up my anger engine, I began crying to the Indian Call Center Agent named “Matt” who in the end did the right thing.
And finally, to top off the last couple of weeks, we are currently knee deep in a huge landscape project at home and seeing the yard in disarray it’s also become a source of stress for me.
And now that I’m 2 for 2 in wearing out welcomes… I’m going to take a nap, just as soon as Quinn does.
On a lighter note… Please check out my daughters impersonation of Billy Idol.
argh – it sounds like you have alot going on! We too have had some stressful things going on at our house, so you aren’t alone. I know what it’s like to be sleep-deprived and overwhelmed – kids change so fast in the first year and just when you’ve settled into a groove, they up and change and throw the whole thing off! I can’t believe she’s sitting up so soon, she’s way ahead of the curve…hope we get to see you guys soon!