Excuse any spelling errors in this blog as I am currently delirious with exhaustion.
Rewind 6 weeks ago and we were in a pure state of disbelief and joy that Matilda was sleeping for 8 hours at a time,sometimes 9 but ALWAYS 7. Now, she would also fight naps like no-one's business but I firmly stated, and continue to state that I would rather fight day sleep as long as this child continued to sleep at night.
Well clearly someone has it out for Nate and I. Now, Matilda is not only fighting day sleep. But she is also not sleeping at night.
Okay, I wouldn't call it "not sleeping", but she won't sleep unless the pacifier is in her mouth. So she wakes up at least every 2 hours, sometimes every 10-20 minutes for that F*ING paci. Which means either Nate or I are waking up every 2 hours, sometimes every 10-20 minutes to plug that F*ING Paci.
It is no surprise that a girl with the nickname, Munchie, has a strong urge to soothe herself by sucking. We are strongly encouraging thumb-sucking. Although it is pretty funny because you can't KEEP her hands out of her mouth when she is awake, but when she is sleeping it's like she forgets she has arms with hands attached that would be GREAT for hand-sucking to get yourself back to sleep.
So screw a babysitter,we need to hire a full-time paci-plugger. The job isn't glamorous, and it is long hours (7PM-7AM), and the pay isn't great. But you get to stare at a pretty cute little girl all night, and as an added bonus we will promise to get up and changing any dirty diapers that may crop up....
6 comments:
oh man....Just think of the great tales you can tell Munchie when she is a well behaved teenager...
Hang in there you guys
dad
JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT A PLAN AND THINGS FIGURED OUT, THOSE DARN KIDLETS CHANGE THE RULES!!!!THE JOYS OF PARENTHOOD...SHE'S JUST BEING THE LITTLE PERSON THAT SHE IS...A LITTLE WOMAN WHO HAS A RIGHT TO CHANGE HER MIND AND HABITS!!!ENJOY...YOU'LL REMEMBER THESE BEING SOME OF THE 'BETTER' TIMES!!! TOF
it's like you need head-gear for the pacifier instead of for braces. hmm, well that could get in the way of breathing and that wouldn't be good either. tape?
Hows about a mobile of "pacis" dangling just above her head. Make it a Vernon County fair theme and make em look like holstein tits.
Uncle Todd
We went through this awful state with Reese, too. It gets much better when she gets older and can reach and find pacis on her own. At one point we had 15 pacis scattered around her crib so anywhere she reached/rolled, she could find one. Good luck for now!
Just a thought, but a lot of my friends work with a sleep consultant to efficiently learn the sleep ropes: www.swellbeing.com
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