Thursday, December 1, 2011

Random Bullets of Sleep Deprivation

  • I am afraid that Something Remarkable might turn into one of those mommy blogs I generally don't read.  But it is 11:46 and I am in my pajamas while Tiny Boy sleeps (thank goodness) in his swing and I don't have much else to say.
  • Can I say my neighbors rock?  They volunteered to walk LG to the bus stop when they walk their dog, which keeps me from needing to (a) get dressed and (b) have a 5 lb baby outside in 20 degree weather.
  • Said neighbors also sent their 9-year-old over to shovel my driveway and between her and LG, they got most of it done passably well.  (And we're not going to talk about the fact that I actually tried doing some of it myself, which I'm sure is not on my approved list of activities until at least 6 weeks post-surgery.)
  • Although I have not talked much about her lately, LG dotes on her brother.  She reads to him, holds him every day, and tries to teach him his letters and shapes (I did explain that he's, umm, still learning English, but perhaps he'll end up being the smartest kid in his infant daycare, if I ever enroll him in daycare).
  • When I told A about Tiny Boy's stop breathing episode, her reply was, has he not read your chart?  And apparently he still hasn't gotten the memo, as last night he spewed milk out his nose a good hour after nursing and then screamed so much he exhausted himself and fell limply back to sleep.  Little boy, you have to stop freaking your mother the fuck out.
  • Yes, folks, Tiny Boy appears to have reflux.  Been there, done that, had Kid #1 on zantac at 9 weeks.  But the milk out the nose thing was new.  The result was I spent about 75% of last night sleeping with him on my chest, which is certainly not the safest thing to do, but it's really the only way he rests comfortably after nursing.  Have I mentioned I'm exhausted?
  • InB, thank you for insisting that I put an auto-reply on my email.  Now I just need to remember not to check it anyway.  It only brings guilt.

2 comments:

  1. I slept with Finn on my chest for the first weeks - I swear it scared me to death, but at the same time it was the only way I could get him to sleep well.

    And if this turns into "one of those mommy blogs" I'd say that was a pretty good thing.

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  2. Hey, I really like mommy blogs and don't see how you avoid it when you have a brand new baby! Mommy-away...

    I always checked my email too, but use the auto-reply as a way to avoid answering emails that made me cringe. I still have it on... 8.5 months later.

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