Free to good home: My sanity. Would prefer to give it away before it dribbles away entirely.
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At 3am this morning you would have found me wandering around the house, trying to find every single dummy that may have been hidden in the hope that Isaac would just suck on one of them for just a minute fortheloveofgod.
Instead, I ended up cold, with a crying baby who flat down refused to suck on ANYTHING that wasn’t me. My nose? Good. My little finger? Good. My nipple? FANFREAKINGTASTIC! A dummy? What the fuck MUM?
I ended up with a screaming gagging baby frantically hunting for my nipples, three rejected dummies and milk to my waist. Not a good night. It was however, a normal night.
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I had planned to go along to my mothers group tomorrow. All this not sleeping is seriously killing my sanity and I think I need to just talk to women who are dealing with the same things right now. Also, the coffee and the chocolate biscuits don’t hurt either. Plus? I like the women at my mothers group. I have missed it desperately since I stopped going over 12 months ago. I need to go along and let Amy play with the kids again.
Best laid plans of mice and men though, today the car started playing up. Until we get it booked in to be fixed (it needs routine work we were putting off because we were broke), we aren’t going anywhere.
Which would be FINE, were we not living on rice and beans and was I not slowly losing my sanity. Whatever.
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-Consistently runny poo
-Gas that smells BAD
-Red rashy bum
Wait wait, I know this one. I’ve done thing one before!
I suspect Isaac has the same milk protein allergy that Amy did. The difference this time? Hardly any screaming, which WAIT! That would be because I eat very little dairy at the moment anyway. Where’s that elimination diet sheet? SIGN ME UP!
Sigh.
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Nathan slipped his arm around my waist today and pulled me closer and OH FUCK! One of my ribs moved under his hand and went all out of place. Can ribs dislocate? God knows my side still hurts. I’m falling apart.
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Another post about sleep. Sigh. Even I’m sick of me.
Oh sweety. ((((Huge hugs))))
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Oh dear! I worry about you, you poor dear. I try and put my daughter in your position (she still sleeps well at night, no kids!) Keep your chin up and maybe visiting Mum’s group is a good idea – ow! A sore rib is also the last thing you need right now! Sending hugs from SA x
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Oh Veronica. Babies suck (haha,see a funny)!!
Hope your rib is ok.
xx
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Oh deary me I’m sorry to hear this! I hope you get some sleep soon… I know I say the same thing when I come here but I honestly mean it!
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Man, that’s rough.
I don’t suppose you can escape somewhere for the weekend and leave the family to their own devices? Isaac won’t starve and Nathan can manage — it might be rough, but everyone will be fine. Just two days of quiet and rest might do a lot to restore your sanity, which will in turn make it easier to do all the mommy-duties.
And, frankly, anyone going through all this deserves to drink a whiskey sour in peace.
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I’ve been trying to give my sanity away for years.
I had these big hopes that someone would take it and then I could fill out a claims report and get a new one.
Still, no takers.
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I’m with Robin. If I wasn’t a bazillion miles away, I’d boot you out of your house with a bottle of shampoo, a bottle of whiskey, and a good book. I hope things get better soon. Thinking of you!
(((hugs)))
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Fuck…milk issues for Issac too? I miss cheese. I miss sleep. Damn good thing these babies are cute. Thankfully since I went completely dairy free Soph’s liquid watery poo has subsided, me on the other hand, my system has gone ape shit.
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This might be completely idiotic, but why aren’t there actual breast-like ‘dummys’ for babies?
I can’t remember back to my suckling days but I know that I would notice a big difference between a breast nipple and a dummy one.
Am I nuts?
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I’m sorry babe. I hope it gets better soon. I don’t know if this would work for Isaac, but when Bad was that small I found that if I took a hot-ish bath with him lying on top of me, and I would scoop the water up and pour it down his back again and again and again, he’d calm right down. He’d scream while I dressed him, but then a quick nurse and he’d go down easily, and for twice as long as any other way I tried putting him to sleep.
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*willing isaac to take a dummy*
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Oh no! I’m so sorry. If it makes you feel any better I only have ONE sleepless toddler and still, sometimes I think I’m living in an alternate universe where no one is allowed to EVER get enough sleep to function normally. Today I totally lost my shit too and screamed at my sad, congested little sweetheart. Best mother EVER, that’s me. Sigh. Hope it gets better your way QUICKLY. And over here too. =/
Sorry Honey but all I can do is laugh… The imagery of your sanity dribbling away like so many grains of coloured sand was just too funny…
When is your appointment with the geneticist?
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Craptastic. Are the mice at least dying of the poison?
Any good news?
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Does it help at all to know that someday you will be able to sleep? But by then the hot flashes will start, so never mind.
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Have you got a pigeon brand dummy? They look weird but actually have the same shape as a nipple. My Amy wouldn’t take a dummy and I got one of them and put it in my bra to warm it up and give it a breast smell and she tok it after 5 months of not having a dummy. They are a bit expensive but well worth it.
And it is possible to put a rib out, I do it all the time. Try lying on the side that hurts and twisitng your body in the opposite direction. Hurts a bit but usually works for me.
Hope you get some sleep soon. I know how it feels at the moment, and mine is a 3 year old 🙁
Well, I’m not sick of you. Sick for you though. Poor baby. {{hugs}}
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What a crap post – for you not us I hasten to add. I know there was a weird-shaped dummy available in the UK when my boys were babies, the brand might have been NUK (it’s a long time ago, I’m developing senility these days). Is it worth a Google to see if anything similar is available here? Mine took ordinary dummies so never had that problem although the elder still only slept for 90 mins at a time even with the dummy but I guess at the moment 90 mins is looking bloody wonderful to you ;-(
Big hugs
Ohh that sucks Nathan was trying to give you a cuddle and you broke! Oops! My Nathan gives me a cuddle and I stop breathing. No room for lungs these days, too much baby.
Mothers group, good! Let me know a bit more later on? I love talking about pregnancy and baby stuff, makes me feel like a part of something exclusive. (Don’t have many friends who are also mothers or to mothers-to-be)
Is your sanity still on the market? I will gladly take it so I have extra when my bubby is born. I have already lost my memory and have been searching for it for months.
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I’m sorry. Rant all you need to. Having a newborn is exhausting. Here’s hoping to at least one night’s rest very soon.
If you can, do go to the mom’s group. It might be the break you need.
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Yep, ribs can dislocate and man does it hurt!
That mommy group sounds like a very good idea though, hopefully you can get the car fixed and make it to a few meetings.
Could someone pick you up for a meeting or two?
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I hope you get some sleep soon.
And some rib glue or something
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I’ll take some of that sanity, mine seems to be lost, along with my marbles.
Hugs. It has to get better soon, right?
If I were in Tassie, I’d come take you to playgroup myself.
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aww hun
i take my hat off to you..
i dont know how i would cope if my two were like that..
thinking of you
I’m so sorry I can’t offer any advice here. I really can’t think of anything that would help.
I wish I could do more than just send you a *HUG*.
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I have taken your sanity under my wing and will return it on request (so long as Isaac tells me he’s sleeping). Can you get your mummy group to come to you? Even some of them? One?
Ouch for the ribs – I have no idea about that but it sounds painful.
Come live in England with me. I’ll look after you. And make sure you bring your mother and grandmother. I like the cut of both their jibs (if that makes sense).
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Ooooooooooh!!! I have had nights like those with Little One!!! I posted recently about how I think I’m having a nervous breakdown! LOL!
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