Now for more of a coherent ramble then yesterday.
First, I'm working at the info desk again today for a couple hours. I wanted to make sure I would get the schedule done for January. It's done.
Last night was kind of a long night again. Normally Eli falls back a sleep at night after he eats. Not last night. He really fought it and though that 4am was time to hang out and check out the world. It took me a while to get him back to sleep and then to get him into a deep sleep. I ended up just sleeping with him in the chair again so I could get some sleep. I didn't want to, or have the energy, to play the lay him down, he wakes up, we start the process all over again game. I normally wouldn't mind but when I have to be at work at 7:30am I just don't have the energy. He has also been waking up 2 hours after he falls a sleep again. I think he is going through a growth spurt and needing to eat all the time again. Oh the joys of motherhood!
I do need to run some errands today and need to get some presents wrapped. Only if there were more time in the day. It was so much easier and more fun to run errands when Rachel was here to do it with me. I don't mind traffic or the craziness of people when someone else is with me. I also know that when I go out with him he sleeps so I miss my window of nap time.
Well, that's my little update. I will try to be better about blogging more often now that I am starting to emerge from the fog that is having a newborn.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
It's called thinking of others
Just a quick update while the little one sleeps.
Yesterday Eli was 1 month old. Crazy how fast time goes! I can't believe that it's almost Christmas already.
We are doing well and getting more and more use to life with a little one. I was doing really well at the moment but now the neighbor is playing his tv REALLY loud. It's really annoying and making me really mad. If he wakes the baby, that's it!
We are heading to Aberdeen for Christmas and Eli is getting baptized on Sunday. Then the next weekend is my approval interview in Sioux Falls for candidacy and so we will be doing Christmas in Mitchell.
Oh, think the little one is awake again. GRRR to the neighbor next door. He only slept for a half hour because of him. I wish people would think of others when they live in an apartment!
Yesterday Eli was 1 month old. Crazy how fast time goes! I can't believe that it's almost Christmas already.
We are doing well and getting more and more use to life with a little one. I was doing really well at the moment but now the neighbor is playing his tv REALLY loud. It's really annoying and making me really mad. If he wakes the baby, that's it!
We are heading to Aberdeen for Christmas and Eli is getting baptized on Sunday. Then the next weekend is my approval interview in Sioux Falls for candidacy and so we will be doing Christmas in Mitchell.
Oh, think the little one is awake again. GRRR to the neighbor next door. He only slept for a half hour because of him. I wish people would think of others when they live in an apartment!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Life is Good
I have finally found a few moments! I should be sleeping but it's so hard to fall a sleep once you find your hands free to do other things, like typing on the computer to update people. So here I am quick to blog a few thoughts for the moment.
The last week has been crazy and I am glad that it's almost over. Eli has been really restless and wants to eat ALL the time. Meaning he only takes a 15-20 minute break in between. This includes at night. Any time I would move him he would wake-up and want to eat again. It was ridiculous! I finally called a lactation consultant on Thur. We went in on Friday and found out that the problem is that he inherited my tongue. He was tongue tied. (The cartilage under his tongue goes to the tip and makes it REALLY hard to suck, therefore feed.) Needless to say both of were getting overly tired and not happy about the situation.
Today we went down to Burnsville and had it clipped. It was an in-clinic thing and took a few seconds. Immediately after they clipped it they had me feed him to stop any bleeding and get him use to using it right away. It was heaven! So much better then before. I guess before he was using his gums to feed. Yup.. OUCH!
So life is good and things are looking up. This is first time I have had a few minutes to write anything in the last week and that in itself feels great. I am looking forward to a little more sleep tonight. Maybe only having to get up a couple of times to feed instead of all night. Speaking of feeding all night, you would not imagine some of the random things that are on at night. In some ways I like watching tv and finding good random stuff on at 3am. I just wish someone was up with me sometimes to laugh at things also. However I am looking forward to the day that I get 4 or 5 hours a sleep in a night again.
The last week has been crazy and I am glad that it's almost over. Eli has been really restless and wants to eat ALL the time. Meaning he only takes a 15-20 minute break in between. This includes at night. Any time I would move him he would wake-up and want to eat again. It was ridiculous! I finally called a lactation consultant on Thur. We went in on Friday and found out that the problem is that he inherited my tongue. He was tongue tied. (The cartilage under his tongue goes to the tip and makes it REALLY hard to suck, therefore feed.) Needless to say both of were getting overly tired and not happy about the situation.
Today we went down to Burnsville and had it clipped. It was an in-clinic thing and took a few seconds. Immediately after they clipped it they had me feed him to stop any bleeding and get him use to using it right away. It was heaven! So much better then before. I guess before he was using his gums to feed. Yup.. OUCH!
So life is good and things are looking up. This is first time I have had a few minutes to write anything in the last week and that in itself feels great. I am looking forward to a little more sleep tonight. Maybe only having to get up a couple of times to feed instead of all night. Speaking of feeding all night, you would not imagine some of the random things that are on at night. In some ways I like watching tv and finding good random stuff on at 3am. I just wish someone was up with me sometimes to laugh at things also. However I am looking forward to the day that I get 4 or 5 hours a sleep in a night again.
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