Finally, a breather
i have a couple of minutes, so i thought i'd post what's been going on. elliot is sleeping and the kids are watching a blue's clues episode and eating a new snack. hopefully i'll finish this before all h*ell breaks loose! :)
we are in our new house! actually, we've been here two weeks today. it's been mass chaos, but we are all still alive. at this point, dan and i are in survival mode. one of us is always dealing with a kid or two, or all three!
i've had a difficult time with elliot. he eats what seems like nonstop all day. one day i counted the hours i was nursing him when dan was at work and realized i nursed him all but 2 hours that day. he did sleep some that day, but not a lot. i'm at my wits end, so i'm trying a couple of new strategies. hopefully he'll right himself soon. i'd love some advice from any of you who has nursed a baby who eats constantly. if he were the only kid i had to take care of, the amount of time i spent nursing him would not be a big deal. but i can't sit around all day long feeding him. on the sleep front, i don't want to jinx anything, but so far he's a great sleeper. he sleeps from around 10:30 until around 2, and then sleeps again until 5:30 or so. i really hope soon he starts to skip the 2 and sleep until 5!!
we all love the new place. it's a little challenging dealing with all the new spaces, but we'll get used to it i'm sure. for example, last week i was sure emily was taking her nap, but instead she was in my sewing room playing with what she thought were bathtub crayons. but nooo...she was playing with some face painting sticks left over from the egg hunt. she came downstairs covered in black paint. at first i was only a little ticked off because i thought all she colored on was her shirt, but when i went upstairs i was very angry when i found she'd colored all over the carpet. she told me not to worry, the bathtub crayons were washable. well, when dan got home he cleaned up the mess with the steam cleaner. oh well, lesson learned; i'll never assume they are anywhere!! we have the video monitor hooked up so we can see the gameroom and the nursery. it's funny to watch them when they don't know we are!
well, blue's clues is over and i hear doors closing and giggling, which means they are in my room probably waking the baby. hopefully i'll get a minute sometime to finish my thoughts. i have a lot of other things to say! :)
we are in our new house! actually, we've been here two weeks today. it's been mass chaos, but we are all still alive. at this point, dan and i are in survival mode. one of us is always dealing with a kid or two, or all three!
i've had a difficult time with elliot. he eats what seems like nonstop all day. one day i counted the hours i was nursing him when dan was at work and realized i nursed him all but 2 hours that day. he did sleep some that day, but not a lot. i'm at my wits end, so i'm trying a couple of new strategies. hopefully he'll right himself soon. i'd love some advice from any of you who has nursed a baby who eats constantly. if he were the only kid i had to take care of, the amount of time i spent nursing him would not be a big deal. but i can't sit around all day long feeding him. on the sleep front, i don't want to jinx anything, but so far he's a great sleeper. he sleeps from around 10:30 until around 2, and then sleeps again until 5:30 or so. i really hope soon he starts to skip the 2 and sleep until 5!!
we all love the new place. it's a little challenging dealing with all the new spaces, but we'll get used to it i'm sure. for example, last week i was sure emily was taking her nap, but instead she was in my sewing room playing with what she thought were bathtub crayons. but nooo...she was playing with some face painting sticks left over from the egg hunt. she came downstairs covered in black paint. at first i was only a little ticked off because i thought all she colored on was her shirt, but when i went upstairs i was very angry when i found she'd colored all over the carpet. she told me not to worry, the bathtub crayons were washable. well, when dan got home he cleaned up the mess with the steam cleaner. oh well, lesson learned; i'll never assume they are anywhere!! we have the video monitor hooked up so we can see the gameroom and the nursery. it's funny to watch them when they don't know we are!
well, blue's clues is over and i hear doors closing and giggling, which means they are in my room probably waking the baby. hopefully i'll get a minute sometime to finish my thoughts. i have a lot of other things to say! :)
posted by Michelle at 1:10 PM
3 Comments:
is he nursing just to nurse? like using you for a passy? there were days it seemed like andrew nursed all day and i hated it! isn't that awful. what kind of a mom am i? you just can't get anything done...and with 2 other kids...i can't imagine! i can't give you any advice...you have 3 kids and i have 1!! :) sorry
glad to hear all is well. i cannot imagine making a move with 3 kiddos. just having jolie around is stressful enough! as far as the nursing stuff goes, i have heard that if a baby is nursing longer than 30 min. he/she is probably using you a pacifier. do you have a lactation consultant to call? sometimes they have good suggestions. fortunately, jolie was not an all day nurser. that sounds tiring, but i know you'll get through it!
Having no children, I'm afraid I can't help with the nursing issue - but I'm happy that you are in your new home! I'll be praying that things settle down for you!
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