Wow, it's just so hard to keep up and find the time to post atm!! Crazy, so sorry again for the lack of personals - I'm slouching at the computer with Luke asleep on my chest - its an interesting position to be in and I'm sure my back is going to be killing me by the end of it - must be quick!!
The reason Luke is asleep on me is that he's got a terrible blocked nose and he can hardly breathe the poor little man. Not sure if its a cold or just blocked sinuses but he's not a happy man this morning. I was trying to feed him before and he couldn't breathe, so I think he's still hungry too - it's all very annoying and I don't know what to do - anyone have any ideas. He just sounds terrible.
Tan - big hugs to you. Don't be too hard on yourself, it's not an easy thing to adjust to - this being a Mum thing!!! I know I've had some pretty tough moments too, it's only normal and please use us as much as you need to - thats what we're all here for. Thinking of you.
Sorry, it's far too hard to type like this. Am just waiting for Mum to come pick me up again (god, I can't wait to be able to drive again). We're heading out to my old work to visit them and show off Luke today, so I hope he's not too sick to venture out!!
Little Theo is having a sleepy day. Lucky me. He has a sleepy one, followed by an active one.
Tan, I have been crying just about everyday, at some point, the exhaustion just gets to you. Something helpful the home visiting midwife said to me was that the first six weeks post birth are a serious roller-coaster. You have pregnancy hormones in your body for six weeks after birth, plus breastfeeding hormones (which I reckon are the teary ones). When I was engorged, when milk first came in, my tears came in on the same sort of a scale as the milk, if that makes any sense.
The midwife informing me of all this really helped, because I have felt, on a daily basis, incredibly up and down. Put it down to hormones, sleep deprivation (which can send one insane), the massive adjustment of a new baby on every level of your life--nothing in the world quite equates to the first year of your first child's life I think.
Hugs to you and you're doing wonderfully from what I have read so far. It's totally normal to feel overwhelmed and teary.
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