Attempting to string a thought or two together
Sometimes it’s not time that keeps me from posting… it’s brain power. I can’t even say I’m sleep-deprived, since most of the time I feel pretty rested and conscious. No, it’s the interruptions. I don’t do well with multi-tasking. Necessary in life, and I cope, but now I don’t get much time to myself in the evenings and I’m never quiet sure when the interruptions will come. It takes me three tries just to get through paying bills, transferring money around, and filing the paperwork… not that I was very prompt with doing that before baby, but that’s not the point now is it.
i think I read somewhere that babies (and kids) can have meltdown/tantrum/bad days right before not just a growth spurt but also a leap forward in some kind of skill or language development. I’m wondering if that’s what happened with Katherine, because last week she was a bear – grumpy, whiny, inconsolable. Then this weekend she suddenly seemed so much more interested in the world around her, more interactive, more expressive. She’s smiling all the time now in response to us talking and smiling at her, and in response to her favorite toys. She’s started making new sounds, too, making sounds when happy, things outside of her repertoire of unhappy sounds. Today she gave a tiny little shriek as she kicked and flailed in excitement as she stared at a toy of hers. It was too funny!
Why am I up at 1:30 in the morning when my baby is asleep? Of course she’s right beside me and I’m sure any second she’ll wake up – it seems it’s always within the 60 seconds after I lay down, in fact – but it still seems kind of stupid…
Babies/kids will always have melt downs,and there doesnt have to be a reason at all.They´re just evil,random little bouts of pure craziness lol.
My older kids are 13 and 11 and whilst those melt downs no longer consist of crying and kicking,they still have them..they´re just different.Now they consist of shouting,slamming doors and acting obnoxious,only to change back into darling little angels 20 minutes later lol.
I can fully relate to the interuption part too.Sometimes I think “right,tonight Im going to sit here and catch up on my e-mails” or “right,Im going to phone my nan” etc,and you know what? I never do those things.Why? Because Ive been interupted SO many times that I feel its a waste of time to even start lol.
Each phase has its perks and its downside.Bieng a mother is like riding on a never ending roller coaster with no seatbelt..you´ll have fun for the most part,but there will be times when you will think “I wish Id fall out of this thing already” lol.
You´re doing great momma!!! :)
Babies go through predictable stages of development, especially through their first year of life. Our favorite baby book for our kid was: Wonder Weeks (http://www.thewonderweeks.com/) It’s not so helpful in terms of what you can do for your kid (nothing, but be patient), but it did help us be patient and more understanding as we went through these periods of relative hell (at least for us parents). Check it out — might be worth your time!
Oh, I can SO relate. My boy is 26 days old and sleep doesn’t seem to be a HUGE problem, at least until my husband has to go back to work. My issue is keeping focused, which was never a problem for me. I noticed today that I had started to fold a load of laundry, started doing the dishes and started unpacking a box (we just moved), all while I was using the breast pump. Since when can’t I finish anything?
Noelle is 3 and still has those rough days before having a spurt in development. We’ll have about a week of almost constant screaming and tantrums, but when she comes out of it, she always has some new skill or a huge increase in vocabulary or something. :)