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Sorry for my double post, but just as I posted in the previous thread it got closed, so thought I'd post in the new one too...
Hello lovelies!
My apologies in advance for the rant/vent.... and I'm sorry that I have been MIA, but have had a real rough few days with Noah this week and feeling a bit sad, down, stressed and emotional!
I have been reading everyone's posts but just haven't had time to come do persies as Noah has been so clingy and hardly sleeping during the day. It's very frustrating as I haven't done ANYTHING, I have a tonne of washing, the house hasn't been vacuumed or mopped for nearly a week and the dishes gets done when I get time during the day (if I even do) otherwise DH does them. Have been flying solo most of the time as DH leaves at 5am and doesn't get home til around 6:30pm-7:00pm which means I have no time to do anything or have any time for myself. Noah usually goes to bed just as DH shows up at home and then I usually start making dinner, have dinner, have a shower, a cuppa tea and then fall in bed dead exhausted...only to start my day similar to the day before again the next morning.
I actually had a pretty good day yesterday as Noah and I went to my Mummies group and it was lovely to get out and about and to chat with the other Mummies and have some adult conversation. I live for my fortnightly Wednesday catchups with them. Noah also slept pretty well during the day yesterday, but we had a crappy night last night, well I did. He went to sleep at 6:45pm and slept til 2:30am, but I couldn't sleep and didn't fall asleep until nearly midnight. Woke up when he did and then we woke nearly every 1.5hours (think he was hot and just not wanting to settle) and by 6am this morning didn't want to sleep anymore. He had a 30 minute nap this morning, an hour nap around lunch time and then had a 25 minute nap this arvo, so who knows what his sleep will be like tonight.
Sorry for my rant/vent, but I feel better for getting it off my chest. Thanks Vix for your lovely and sweet message, really appreciate you thinking of me! Hope you're doing ok. I'm thinking of you too!
nawww Pretz - huge huge hugs babe. i now how you feel cooper has been soooo clingy for a couple of days now and with mum in thailand and mum and my sis have moved house so they are no longer within walking distance and DF at work allll day im exhausted. i feel terrible coz the minute he walks thru the door i hand him this whingy kid and just walk away. is your DH working over the weekend? i hope he isnt so you get a chance to have some R&R and just focus on you for an hour or so. i wish you lived closer so i could come over and look after Noah just so you could have a good nap. thinking of ya hun wish i could help
feeling like crapola this morning. had a migraine during the night and V was incredibly frustrating and wouldn't sleep. I think I got 1.5 hours, then another 1.5 hours, then another 1.5 hours and then maybe 2 hours.
At least I got SOME sleep I guess. But broken up like that it is no fun. Still feel like throwing up this morning and have a residual headache but not anywhere near as bad.
Gotta go down the street soon and organize all the legal aid paperwork and get that all happening.
Raffy hun can you come and do mine? my house looks like a bomb hit it.
I am having a lazy pj day today after a long and sleepless night, yet again.
Sooooooooooooooooo tired it got to the point this morning where I considered calling up J and asking him to come and take V for a while. He's about the only person who would actually willingly have him and give me a break.
But if I start doing that now even in small amounts he's going to want him all the time.
So what do I do, apart from suck it up and get on with it. V has been pretty good today though, awake for a few small bursts of playtime and feeds and asleep the rest of the time. At least he isn't cranky with his cold.
Brydz - next time I have the urge to clean I'll head down to your lol may as well give you a break from v while I'm there
But seriously babe how R ya going? Is there anyone that can take v for a bit and give you a break? It understandable why you don't wanna call j. Hang In there. Im glad v isn't being grumpy and is sleeping good during the day so you can get some shut eye to
Afm - just went to spotlight and bought some wicked fabrics. Gonna make cooper a patchwork floor mat thing, spose it will be a bit like a blanket only I'm gonna put a piece of foam in it instead. *Yawn* so tired but i gotta help DF clean, we have friends coming over for pizza and movies. I have a feeling I'm gonna crash out early
Not much happening here apart from Alannah starting to sit up alone over the weekend. Spent most of the weekend just with Alannah as the boys were at their Nans, DH worked on Sat and then went fishing today.
Raffy - you are sounding so much alive and happier now. Very happy for you.
Brydz - you mentioned something about child care (I think) recently. What about popping Vinnie into care for a few hours a week so you can have some ME time??? Half a day even? I fully understand what you mean about J, I think I would feel the same. Wish I was closer to help you out.......or you could move up here! ;P
Just having a Caro and then off to bed if I can get the Mr off the lounge where he has crashed!
Happy 24 weeks alannah and happy 21 weeks cooper and summer
Vix - thanks I am. Still definately have my moments but no where near as often. How are you going? That's awesome about your girly weekend, sounds nice. And clever miss alannah on sitting up. Cooper can do it for like 20-30 seconds and slowly leans forward to much haha its cute but and you can tell hes starting to control his balance like when he starts to lean he tenses to try and stay upright
Afm - had a loverly dinner with friends tonight and heading down to newy again tomoro just to look at shops with friends which will br nice but I must sleep now coz the weekends over so I'm back on baby duty night all xx
raffy -I mentioned to mum that I'm absolutely stuffed and would just like one night off to sleep and she offered to have him Tuesday night (her day off is wed). So that will be good.
vix -yeah I did mention it. was going to be putting him in for Mondays but J doesn't want him going to day care at all. because he is there and willing to take him. so if I put him in (was meant to be starting today) the court might say 'but if he's in childcare, why can't he spend more time with his father' and also I told him about it and said I wouldn't be putting him in. Because we have 18 years to deal with each other, and I don't want to start lying to him now. I need him to be able to trust me.
It WAS going to be a break day, and availability for when I go back to work. Not sure what the heck I"m doing about work because J doesn't even want me leaving V with my mum or whatever. But she has offered.
He would rather have him an hour away from me for the whole day. Than have him 10 minutes down the road with my mum. Either that or I work in his town and he CAN mind him. But then I have to find accommodation because I work shift and wouldn't want to drive to and from home at either 6am or midnight.
And I've lived between homes before while I was pregnant and it wasn't fun. It would be even worse with a baby. The most reasonable option for everyone would be for me to move back over there. But I'd have to sell my house, or rent it out. Both of which I've been considering but am not sure about.
Brydz - im glad your getting a night off tomoro, that will be nice, make the most of it sounds like your stuck between a rock and a hard place regarding care for V while your working. good luck with your decision and im sure whatever you decide will be the right one
Nikki. hope Summer is back to her usual self soon. how is Bens sleeping going? i saw on FB he had a good night the other night. must have been glorious i bet? any more like that?
Raffy, I must have jinxed myself by posting that. Last night I was up to him 6 times and fed him 4. I went to bed at 8.30pm hoping for a great nights sleep. He woke at 9.30, 11.30, 2.30 and 5 for a feed How is coops sleeping going? Still going through? Lucky duck!!
Nikki - aww that sucks, sorry to hear, hopefully he makes up for it tonight but sleeping through. Yep coops is still a trooper, I feel so blessed on a 'bad' night he'll sleep 8.30pm-6am but its usually bout 8.30-7 awake for an hour and sleeps again from 8-10. How is summer feeling now? I hope she's back to her usual self
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Noah also slept pretty well during the day yesterday, but we had a crappy night last night, well I did. He went to sleep at 6:45pm and slept til 2:30am, but I couldn't sleep and didn't fall asleep until nearly midnight. Woke up when he did and then we woke nearly every 1.5hours (think he was hot and just not wanting to settle) and by 6am this morning didn't want to sleep anymore. He had a 30 minute nap this morning, an hour nap around lunch time and then had a 25 minute nap this arvo, so who knows what his sleep will be like tonight.
wish i could help
so now the house is clean and i can sit back and enjoy my weekend with my boys
night all xx
No motivation and trying to deal with my grumpy toddler the last week.
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