Sorry I've been missing for a bit... things have been feral around here and I just can't seem to think straight. Aadi's STILL teething. It's driving me completely mental. He will not sleep, or can't sleep, or just fights and fights it so much. Last night it took DP and I an hour each before he finally went to sleep (in our bed), then he woke up an hour later. Then he woke up at 12.30 and I had to change him coz he'd soaked thru a night nappy. That's incredible, since it's 18 layers of super-absorbent bamboo! Then he woke again for a feed twice more before needing ANOTHER change at 5.30. He just stinks at the moment. From then on he just wouldn't resettle, and he spent the next couple of hours kicking me, pulling my hair, crawling around the bed and smacking at me. I tired my best to ignore it, but he whacked me in the eye and bit me so many times that I just cried and pushed him over to DP's side of the bed and made him deal with it. DP eventually got up and changed Aadi again, and played with him for a bit, but then when DP decided to make himself a coffee, he brought him back in to the bedroom and put him in bed with me again. So round 2 starts! And the silly man didn't even make me a cup of tea. Grrr... Anyway, Aadi promptly puked all over me, and the bed. Disgusting.
So I don't know what to do. I'm trying soooo hard to maintain a bedtime routine that worked up until last week, but I guess it's time to rethink it. I can't get Aadi anywhere near his cot now without him screeching and kicking up the hugest fuss. Something's up with that. I might try putting his mattress on the floor in his room for a while. He can't smash anything or anyone, or hurt himself in there. I'm really working hard on a new sleep plan, and DP's helping as much as possible, but it's just so hard when Aadi's being brutally difficult!
To make things worse, my mum kindly offered my place to stay for a couple of art students who are somehow related to her partner. So they're turning up this week (loads of notice!) to stay until they find somewhere of their own. Which could be months... rental places are practically non-existant here at the best of times, but it's worse at the start of uni. There's usually at least 50 people turn up to an inspection, and most people offer extra money to the real estate in order to get accepted! Oh, and these people don't know anything about Melbourne, so I have to play tour guide and just generally be nice to them, even though I don't know them and they're going to have to share my tiny house. Let's just say that I'm really freakin' delighted about this whole prospect. I've sent a pretty intense vent email to my mum coz I just can't speak to her about it without getting really upset right now. I've spent all this weekend clearing out the bungalow when I should have been spending that time with DP and getting some well-earned rest. I don't have time to get dressed some days, so playing host isn't high on my priorites list. My mum doesn't realise how intense Aadi is, as she was so busy doing other stuff when we were visiting her she really didn't do much with him... ah well.
I'll try and get back later for personals, but no guarantees. I got tonnes to do and I'm shattered.
Hope you're all doing better than us! I'm pretty sure you are.