A long 36hours...

Someone has decided sleep is overrated and he no longer needs it, nor does Mummy. He slept for 7 hours and then NEVER slept again, which I am exaggerating BUT he hasn't slept for longer then 60minutes over the last 36 hours.

I love my son... Come on! If any other being, human or otherwise, kept  me from sleep for this long I would have knocked them out and curled up in their nook for a long peaceful nap. Richard included and I LOVE Richard.

Now I am pleading to the baby gods for 3 consecutive hours tonight... I don't think that's a lot, just enough to reset this Mummy brain.

Please help me.

Ps. It's finally hat weather!!

It's 5:03am...

And it's our first wake up!! Eeeee! That's 7 hours! That's a Thomas first!

Now I am racking my brain about what we did yesterday that was SO different and how do I duplicate it! 

Oh and I didn't nurse him to sleep (like always) I put him down drowsy and waited with him.

What??

I'm so happy and confused.

Funny part... It wasn't crying that woke me up, it was poo. I heard it. I didn't wake him up so I waited...

Ha! Motherhood is weird.

Love!

... Maybe he should always sleep in a box...?

No cry zones

There are two No-Cry zones. We're not sure why Thomas picked them, but the crying, for any reason, stops in these zones.

Zone 1 - The changetable aka 'the half pipe'. As soon as he lays down the crying stops, get the diaper off and the smiles start, wiggle his right leg and the giggles come. Every. Single. Time.

Zone 2 - The stairs. Step one he quiets, step three he smiles and step five he laughs. Every. Single. Time. I think it's the view (he loves being high) or the fear, he quiets so we focus and don't trip. 

Does your little person have any no cry zones?

Love!

Mummy

Pep talks...

Does anyone else have the 'I'm not a bad mother because...' internal pep talks while your baby cries?

Thomas was crying while I left him to go to the bathroom... I'm not a bad mother, but if I cross my legs any tighter my bladder will explode.

Thomas cried while Daddy tried to burp him... I'm not a bad mother Daddy needs to learn without me telling him how to do it and I'm not a bad mother, a lingering burp will cause havoc.

I'm not a bad Mother, I just want ONE picture of us together.

I'm not a bad mother, but I haven't eaten in 15 hours and I can't butter toast with one hand.

I hate to let him cry and feel so guilty, but sometimes I just need to eat, pee or shower. I catch myself pep talking all the time explaining to Thomas and myself that I love him, I'm not a bad mother, but I need to get x y and z done.

Oh Mummy!

It's 2:51am...

What are YOU doing? I'm feeding the little man and browsing Facebook... My desperate attempt to 'keep in touch' with my old life.

Oh and searching through the Gerber Life contest to vote for all of Thomas's pictures.

Today's picture...

I know! He's freaking adorable!

He slept for 3:53 tonight... It's not a record, but it's something!

That's all... Wish me sleep.

Love!

Mummy

To swaddle...?

I swaddle Thomas. It signals bedtime... 3 months and we're still getting the hang of it.

Tommy spent the first 2 weeks swaddled 24/7. We didn't know anything different, just a diaper and 2 blankets (to reign in his fierce kicks). We discussed sleepers on day 15, but it felt weird. Besides swaddling worked, little did we know I was doing COMPLETELY wrong and risked hurting my wee man every night (this is a possible exaggeration, but the sleep expert scared me enough to go out and buy all new blankets)

We were using recieving blankets, a basic flannel, legs tucked in and tight. 

During the Guinness book of record swaddling challenge (yea we are apart of it) 

I learned about muslin sheets and proper techniques. I did that for a week, but as you can see from the demonstration, my kid (the only screaming one) wasn't into it.

Tonight we're use the swaddle me blanket and the kicks are contained... for now.

 

And after all of this thought... I want to be swaddled. Is that weird? I want to know what it's like. Hmmm... 

Stay tuned. 

Love!

Tommy Talks

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