So.
– I ended up taking the kittens down to the cats home. I don’t have the energy to bottle feed them and yet I somehow couldn’t just let them die. They are now in the best place possible and guess what? I don’t have any cats anymore.
Which would be FINE had not a family of goddamn mice moved into the ceiling above my bed.
– Isaac is still not sleeping anywhere that isn’t my boob. On the occasional occasion that I can get hom to lay down in the bed, he needs my little finger in his mouth in order to sleep.
And NO, Daddy’s finger will NOT work, neither will Nanny’s or a dummy. For the love of all that is good and sleepy I wish he would take a dummy.
– Updated the blogroll to fix some GLARING omissions. However, due to my sleepless state, I am pretty sure that I have overlooked somebody. Let me know if it’s you? Or if I am on yours and you can’t see yourself on mine, for goodness sake speak up and I will add you.
And yeah, that’s about it. I have some posts swimming in my head, but articulation is not my strong point when I haven’t had any sleep (Isaac didn’t go down until midnight when we both fell asleep breastfeeding, Amy was awake at 1am, which meant that I had to remove Isaac from my boob, prompting crying, then he was up and down to 6am. By the time I got him back to sleep at 7am, Amy was awake for the day. I need more chocolate.)
you need a lot of chocolate..
i dont know how you do it..
Cai wont take to a dummy either NO way NO how..
Maybe the mumma cat will come home and rid you of that evil mouse family..
thinking of you.. 🙂
Oh sweetheart that is a real bugga! Have you tried swaddling Isaac and then laying him down with a T-shirt that smells of you and milk? Used to work for a friend who had the same problem (sometimes she propped him up on his side rather than his back but I don’t know how you would feel about that idea). And is it possible for Nathan to deal with Amy at night now that Isaac needs you so much of the time? I’m sure this is nightmarish for you but take it one day at a time, it will get better 😉
Poor you. I am feeling you on the tired thing. Have you tried different brands of dummy? I know that a couple of my babes would only take one brand and this has also been true of friends babies’. I still spend half my life with someone attached to the boob but at least I sometimes get a break! Again, poor you! xx
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LOL A family of mice!? Oh, poor you.
Here’s hoping Isaac gets some sleep away from Mum soon. It’s so hard to think when you don’t sleep right.
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You poor dear! You really do need to get some rest – bugger with those darn mice on top of it all! I would not bother with cats again … you have enough on your plate! Nothing wrong with a couple of good old mouse traps – really! As for little Isaac – well, I think he just loves his mummy too much! HA! Nothing wrong with that, but I would persevere with that dummy a little longer! Good Luck! By the way, don’t see me on your blogroll – would love to join your other pals!
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Whatever you do, DON’T ever try the old-fashioned “sweeten the dummy” trick. a friend of mine did this, (it was the accepted thing years ago), and by 2 months old her boy was happily sucking a dummy, but only if it was first dipped in raspberry jam. She’d go through a full jar of jam a week for him by the time he was 6 months old. He had that dummy until he was 4 and often would dip it himself in the jar which was left open for him. Most mothers back in the day used honey as a sweetener, but a few used sweetened condensed milk, reasoning that “at least it’s MILK”. Probably explains a lot of the bad teeth from my generation. My kids had plain unsweetened dummies and gave them up of their own accord fairly early.
If you had Isaac in a sling fairly close to your boob, could you get up to Amy without disturbing him? Although I do agree with Sharon that maybe Nathan could help out there sometimes.
Och honey, I wish I could take Amy for a night for ya to at least get a little peace! ((hugs))
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Put him down and let him cry until he stops. If he’s fed, and dry, and burped, then put him down. It will be hard to listen to but he WILL stop – he will go to sleep – and so will you.
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Ugh! Bad still won’t let daddy put him to bed – the Princess REALLY wanted me last night, so Hubs tried putting Bad to bed while I put her down, but Bad was still screaming when she fell asleep, so I went in to rescue Daddy, and my poor boy was so traumatized, that he clung to my neck until 2am.
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dude, wishing you some peace. damn. i’m sorry. trying to think of ways to send chocolate through my computer screen.
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lack of sleep sucks. sorry the little guy wont sleep anywhere but on you. i also noticed I am not on your blogroll.
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Have you done the dishes and the laundry though?
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Lou has a point. Isaac will be fine even if he cries. I know he’s so little and it breaks your heart to hear him cry, but he will be ok. You need a Mommy break.
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I am so freaking thankful you are blogging all this new mommy stuff! It’s helping me learn what to expect since there are not many ladies in my day to day life sharing this new mama advice with me… Thank goodness I am getting it from somewhere!
Glad you got the kittens in someone else’s hands, you don’t need anymore to deal with!
I agree, it might be better to start breaking him of this chest sleeping thing now. While it will mean crying and not sleeping maybe you can try doing it for allotted amounts of time during the day. Also, have Nathan look after Amy at night if you can. Don’t run yourself to ragged girl!
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I hope a little sleep is in your future.
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Relax!
It’s Chocolate Mint Day and Temporary Insanity Day.
PERFECT!!!!
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Darlin, change your blog name. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I <3 you.
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lceel’s advice is good. Try it at least a couple of times. Isaac might surprise you. Listening to the crying will be hard, but unless he’s really screaming, it won’t hurt him to cry a bit. Although he is very young yet and you could wait another couple of weeks before trying this.
Hugs darling! I can sympathize!
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sorry to hear about your cat and kittens.(hugs)
As you might (or might not) remember I had to take mine to animal rescue place too. 5 of the 7 died anyway (caught cat flu off foster cat mums) and after 13 weeks the two that survived barely by the sounds of it are coming back to me. They are 13 weeks old but only size of 6-8 week and only just getting vaccinated. I think they waited because didn’t want to waste it , in case they didn’t make it.
You sound very tired and I hope Isaac soon learns to settle somewhere else other than your boob.
I had a boob sleeper non dummy kid too.
I won’t give you any advice because plenty of others have suggested things I ‘tried’ …you can only as much as you can cope with at the time. If it works do whatever -you are a great mum trust yourself but also give yourself a break and maybe try a few new things or hand him to Nathan for a few hours.
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My goodness!
You’re doing a good job, though! And thank goodness you took the cats to a shelter. Like you need more responsibility!
Hehehe!
I’d love it if you’d like to include me on your blog roll, too!!
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Love the new look. Is Amy playing ‘he loves me, he loves me not’? Toddler fingers are so yummy!
Just worked out that Nathan probably can’t help much at night as he must be at work for quite a big part of it, duh!
lol….dot points.
Hang in there chicken!!!
You are invited to my baby shower, (mum was meant to invite you and your mum but she has been away and forgot) but I’m guessing it is just a little difficult at the moment! If you feel up to it, email me and I’ll give you the details.
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p.s nice new layout, very simple and easy to read! 🙂
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Hoping you get some sleep soon.
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Just give Amy your vibrator to play with, it’ll keep her occupied for at least an hour (imagine the voice manipulation and tickling possibiliites). If that doesn’t work, turn it on and stick it in the bouncy chair with Issac.
If that doesn’t work, wish you were me 🙂 I’ll sleep for you tonight my dear.
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Ack! Mack was a devout mommy and mommy’s boob lover and refused any and all dummies. I carried him LITERALLY almost his entire first year. AND he hated being in a sling/carrier, so I had the nicest left arm bicep EVER.
I know you aren’t looking for unsolicited advice here, so I’ll leave it at that.
Good call getting the kittens out of the house. Like you needed THAT hanging over your head.
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