Evie and I are both cranky today. All those weeks of "oh, she's such a nice, calm baby," have passed, and frankly, I am a little resentful. Last night was a whole new brand of fun. With the crying, and the kvetching, and the inability to go to sleep. From 3:00pm-1:00am, all she did was cry and kvetch, and arch her back etc. She had her 2-month appt. on tuesday, and everything was going fine and dandy. That was until the end of the appointment. At the end of the appointment, the nurse brought in a tray of shots, and all hell broke loose. Evie screamed bloody murder, and I am convinced that if she had the ability, she would have cursed the room blue. I cried a little (but tried my darndest to remain stoic) and we made our way to the car. "She may be a little fussy...go ahead and give her a little tylenol..." said the nice nurse with the big needles. Yes, well, let me introduce you to my daughter, who is 50% me...if not a little more. We don't let things go easily. We hold a grudge. We piss and moan, and we have a temper that is not easily quelled. You hurt us, we will make you SUFFER.
So that was Tuesday. Evie has yet to get over it. I was able to get her to sleep FINALLY at 1:00am this morning...this was the first time she had slept in many, many moons. She awoke at 5:30am, and has been up since. She's been demanding breast milk pretty much all day. I have fed her, burped her, held her, and layed her down. She immediately shoves her fist back in her mouth (her signal for food) and starts grunting, then yelling, then crying. I've let her cry it out a little. No dice. I've held her and rocked her some more. Nada. I've tried feeding her again...maybe she didn't get enough earlier. Still unhappy. She's currently in her swing, fist in mouth, making little grunting sounds. My nips are raw beyond belief. She needs to take a nap, and so do I.
Don't get me wrong, I love my little girl, andmy heart swells every time she looks at me out of the side of her eye and gives me a little half-cocked smile.
I feel awful that she feels awful. But she doesn't have a fever, I have administered her prilosec (for the reflux). I have held her, rocked her, layed her down, fed her, burped her, changed her diaper. I have given her various pacis, which she usually loves. She spits them out, and then pushes them away with her hand when you try to give them back. She remains disgruntled. So I've decided that she and I will just have to have some time by ourselves. She is secure in her swing, if she's still pissed, there's nothing more I can do.
Is it too early for a margarita? Oh wait, I'm breastfeeding...no tasty treats for me. Bummer.
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4 comments:
Perhaps its time to break out the Kenmore, or take a ride in the car?
unfor. sometimes babies just have to cry. is she starting to teeth though?
i know that when skylend was REALLY little he started teething. i tryed a flake seed eye mask and heated it up and put it inside his blanket to help
him sleep if you want i can make you a little thing like that i don't know if it will help but you could try it and see i know every kid is different
but im really sorry she is having a hard time sleeping now i know it can be frustrating, but im sure you guys will find something to help her feel better
love sara
I don't know what to say other than welcome to motherhood, my dear. Trust me when I say that in a few years you will have (mostly) forgotten about the bad days, and when she starts kindergarten, you will want to give your right arm to have her back in the baby swing kvetching at you. For now, take a self imposed mommy time out. She's in her swing and no harm will come of letting her sit there for a few extra moments.
Love ya.
Auntie J.
Shots are no fun for anyone involved... I cried every time the boys got shots until they were one. Hope you're both doing better soon.
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