This is my son at 1:43 am. He's squinting a bit in this picture, but let me assure you, he is WIDE AWAKE. An hour earlier he woke up crying. I was a great mom and got up to feed him. Now for all of you that don't know what it's like to feed a baby in the middle of the night, let me explain the process. You wake up--well, partially. You are in a dazy, delusional state at 1 AM. You start to feed your baby while you chant in your mind (because frankly if you do it out loud, you'd really sound crazy)
"Please go back to sleep; please don't poop; please go back to sleep; please don't have a burp; I need to go back to bed; I'm so tired; My bed sounds so good right now; I just want to lay down..." You get the idea. Now about the "please don't poop" that's every mom's worst nightmare at 1 Am. If they poop, then you have to decide "to change or not to change." Again, those who aren't moms, don't judge. If you change the diaper, you run the risk of your baby waking up and staying awake for a while. If you don't change, there is this little nagging feeling like, "oh no, am I a bad mom because I put him back to bed with a stinky diaper? What if he gets a rash? etc." It's quite the dilemma and requires as much thought as you can put into it during your delusional 1 AM state. Last night, he pooped. Last night I changed him. Last night he stayed up for 2 hours! Last night I yelled at my 4 month old, GO TO SLEEP! Last night was not the best mommy night. Last night after my chanting and after the poopy diaper dilemma, I planned what I'd say for this blog. Enjoy.
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Oh Becca. I am right there with you with my 2 month old. Camille is a very fussy baby anyways and unlike Lydia she stays awake in the middle of the night just for fun. After a 3-4 hour stint of being awake one night I actually said "Camille I hate you right now" outloud! In my defense I was so tired from lack of sleep AND her crying ALL the time. I apologized later that day because I didn't really mean it. Oh the crazy things we mothers go through in the middle of the night.
I was totally nodding my head and laughing all the way through this post. Luckily Naomi only poops during the day now- and she usually is really good about the whole nurse and go right back to sleep thing too. Really at 6 weeks she turned into a pretty great night time baby. But I TOTALLY loved HOW TRUE this post is. Admittedly I even feel this way during the day when I'm not half asleep- I'm sometimes chanting in my mind "Go back to sleep so I can clean the house and get some food ready!!"
ha ha that brought back so many memories! I thought I remembered what I was getting myself into, again, but I forgot about the middle of the night feedings. oh man, at least I have two or three more months to prepare myself
Um, I'm always of the "change the poopy diaper" mindset. But yeah, Claire has done that and it sucks bc you don't want to wake them, but you know you HAVE to change their poopy diaper, so... but I always go with changing it because I think in the long run, diaper rash is worse, right? I can't believe you didn't address the main issue with these night-feedings: falling asleep, sitting up, while feeding your baby. Yep, every time. I'd wake up in the middle of the night (the next "middle" after the first "middle" where you wake up to your child crying) and find that I was asleep, child on boob, etc. Speaking of which. Tonight is the first night I didn't nurse Claire before bed... meaning, I didn't nurse her AT ALL today. I think I'm going to cry now :(
well at least he's cute right! now I'm starting to get really scared of the newborn stage again...I guess I'll enjoy my last few months!
Ooooh, this made me happy. Im glad Im not the only one. At least you thought to take a picture. Last night, my four year old got up three times crying at my door, for no good reason. My baby woke up like a million times just because. Looks like Braelyn is my favorite today:) I feel your pain sister.
Yeah so you just pretty much hit the nail on the head for a typical night for a mom with a newborn! I feel for you Becca!
Aw Rebekinha, voce eh tao linda! Uma mae tao honesta e corajosa! Todas nos sentimos cansadas com esses bebes ne? E muitas maes nao admitem que as vezes nos sentimos frustradas tambem. Eh normal, e nao quer dizer que voce nao eh uma otima mae. Seus filhos lindos te amam porque voce eh tao linda e amorosa! Eu espero um dia conhecer seus filhos lindos!
beijaum :)
Becca Boo--I feel your pain. but at least you get to just throw away that poopy diaper. I had to go wash it out in the toilet, scrub my hands and then go back to bed...if baby went back to sleep. Swings work well for wide awake babies in the middle of the night.(Sometimes)
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HILARIOUS!!! I am feeling your pain at this moment with my little Dahlin. I thought yours slept through the night, now i feel a little better about my child (ok that is the Lemuel in me speaking!)
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