On another topic...
If you have never raised a baby by yourself then you have no idea what it takes, so don't judge me when you ask me about it. My dad had a get-together yesterday evening and the question of the hour was, "So how's he sleeping for you at night?" To which I would answer, "Not so well. He wakes up to be fed every 2 to 3 hours." I had a few people give me a look that said, "Did you not know babies need to be fed every couple of hours? And you're complaining about 3 hours?" I even had someone say, "Oh, well, that's not too bad."
Okay, let me explain how it works. If Sammy cries to be fed at 3AM, I have to get up, make a bottle, feed him, and then I get to go back to bed. By now, its about 3:45. When I say he eats every 2 to 3 hours that's from 3AM. Which means he's crying again to be fed between 5:00 and 6:00, so I've had about an hour to two hours of time to get some sleep. Now lets also keep in mind that I'm the one who determines that he eats every 2 to 3 hours. Sammy cries about every hour, if not more. Every time he cries I check on him to make sure he hasn't thrown up on himself and that he hasn't had an explosion in his diaper. So if I'm lucky I get one hour of uninterrupted sleep at a time.
So please don't tell me, "That's not too bad." and look at me like I'm ungrateful because I complain a bit about "2 to 3 hours."
Okay, I'm done bitching now.
On another topic...
Stonewall is in Iraq now. I haven't heard from him to be 100% sure, but he told me when he was supposed to be heading in.
I miss him. I miss kissing him and hugging him and having dinner with him and watching movies with him and doing the bow-chicca-wow-wow with him. I also miss him being here with Sammy. I wish he was here to see Sammy beginning to actually smile and to see how he's starting to look like me and how he's getting so big. It's killing me that he's missing this part of Sammy's life and if I feel this way, I can only imagine what it's doing to Stonewall.
And on a final topic of the evening...
I love this commercial!
5 comments:
Hope you get some sleep soon!
-- I don't see how you can handle him being gone like that. I only see Mr. Airforce every few months, but at least I know he is safe in the U.S.
I don't know how I'll handle a trip to Afghanistan or Iraq :(
You're an inspiration to the likes of me ;)
Ugh. The first few weeks with Wyatt were so hard. It's such a huge thing to be on your own with your first child, no clue what you're doing, and missing the one person who should be there with you but can't. Hang in there! If it helps, there are many, many of us who have been there, done that. I know I always appreciate hearing from people who have done the whole baby thing on their own. I mean, I'm sorry they had to do it, too, but I like knowing I wasn't the only one. And those people who think they know better than you? Eh, I have no words for them....at least, none I will repeat here, hehe.
DH is in the Sandbox too. says it's dusty right now.
glad you got such a good night's sleep, that was a great present you were given! what a super idea for some grandparents???
and I love the ad, but why oh why, would a woman running a doggy daycare have a white rug????
LAW
Cassandra~
Thanks! Me too!!
Hannah~
Thank you! And I think you'll discover that you handle it better than you think you will. I know I thought I would be a complete mess, but now I'm realizing that I'm only a mess some of the time :)
Ana~
It definitely helps hearing that other people have been here and done it. I know that those times when I feel so frustrated and tired will pass and both Sammy and I will be stronger because of it.
LAW~
I was wondering the exact same thing when it came to the rug! Talk about poor planning!
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