buddyleebaby
08-21-2006, 05:44 AM
1. My friend. My stupid, stupid friend.
I am so sick of him engaging in self-destructive behavior that one would expect from a fifteen year old, and a reckless, ignorant fifteen year old at that. You're in your mid-twenties dude, GROW UP. He always learns his lesson after a scare (and thank God they have only been scares so far) and then goes back to the same behavior alittle while later. And then we get the call asking for advice or diagnosis. It is especially annoying because I know in his case it is not ignorance, just plain stupidity.
2. My dh
So we are rearranging the closet to try and make more room and my dh is pissy the whole time. Finally I say, "I don't understand why you're mad, babies need stuff, I can't help that." His reply is that we have a whole lot of crap in there that we don't need. I ask him to name one thing of MINE in that closet that we don't need. "The box of pictures" he says. You mean dd's baby pictures? He goes on to argue that I shoudl not get them developed I should just put them on CD. Um, no, I don't a CD. I want prints of my child, thank you very much.
And so does your mother and my mother and all her aunts, etc. Somehow I don;t think my one box of pictures takes up as much room as your four guitars, keyboard, snare drum, and bagpipes. Dork.
3. DD's sleep issues
I am really at the end of my rope and I don;t know what to do anymore. I have sought out advice sooo many times and it never seems to get better. Last week, she woke up on Thursday and Friday morning at 3am (after already waking to nurse twice) and would not go back to sleep. She finally nodded off again at about seven. So I braced myself for the next night. Over the weekend, when my dh would actually be home to help in the early am if I needed it, when we had nowhere to go and no particular time we had to be up, she slept like an angel. So I thought whatever was bothering her was resolved. NOPE.
Last night she got up at a quarter to four and we are still up now. I have had about a half hour of sleep. I just don;t get it. She went to bed late and didn;t sleep well, why is she awake? I have been soooo careful to make sure that her schedule remains the same even on weekends, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
4. My sleep issues
Of course, all of this would be better if I could actually fall asleep. I lay in bed, night after night, exhausted and unable to sleep. I didn't even try until past 1:30 last night and then I just LAY there until dd woke up to nurse or I had to use the bathroom (again). I wish I could be more like my dh, who can sleep as soon as his head hits the pillow. Actually, he doesn't even need a pillow.
5. DD and my breasts
Why, why, why dos she have to touch them ALL THE TIME. I end up arm wrestling her to keep her from tweaking my very sore nips as she nurses.
6. The things I think about
So my cousin had a baby 14 weeks premature and she is having a rough time. She stops breathing a lot and is on a feeding tube. She is totally blind and has a hole in her heart. She has had five transfusions and she is only three weeks old. She keeps losing weight.
It's hard for me to wrap my head around, since my baby is technically older than her, and yet my baby is not yet born. And yet, of all things to think about, what do I choose? I keep wondering what they use for diapers on babies that small. Do hospitals have special preemie ones? It annoys me that that's where my mind goes.
7. My MIL
She keeps calling to come visit. I do not want to visit. I want to be left alone. Take the hint.
8. My house
My house, with the exception of the bathroom and the kitchen, is a mess, and I JUST cleaned it. There is stuff everywhere. This annoys me.
That's enough for now. I feel a little better.
I am so sick of him engaging in self-destructive behavior that one would expect from a fifteen year old, and a reckless, ignorant fifteen year old at that. You're in your mid-twenties dude, GROW UP. He always learns his lesson after a scare (and thank God they have only been scares so far) and then goes back to the same behavior alittle while later. And then we get the call asking for advice or diagnosis. It is especially annoying because I know in his case it is not ignorance, just plain stupidity.
2. My dh
So we are rearranging the closet to try and make more room and my dh is pissy the whole time. Finally I say, "I don't understand why you're mad, babies need stuff, I can't help that." His reply is that we have a whole lot of crap in there that we don't need. I ask him to name one thing of MINE in that closet that we don't need. "The box of pictures" he says. You mean dd's baby pictures? He goes on to argue that I shoudl not get them developed I should just put them on CD. Um, no, I don't a CD. I want prints of my child, thank you very much.
And so does your mother and my mother and all her aunts, etc. Somehow I don;t think my one box of pictures takes up as much room as your four guitars, keyboard, snare drum, and bagpipes. Dork.
3. DD's sleep issues
I am really at the end of my rope and I don;t know what to do anymore. I have sought out advice sooo many times and it never seems to get better. Last week, she woke up on Thursday and Friday morning at 3am (after already waking to nurse twice) and would not go back to sleep. She finally nodded off again at about seven. So I braced myself for the next night. Over the weekend, when my dh would actually be home to help in the early am if I needed it, when we had nowhere to go and no particular time we had to be up, she slept like an angel. So I thought whatever was bothering her was resolved. NOPE.
Last night she got up at a quarter to four and we are still up now. I have had about a half hour of sleep. I just don;t get it. She went to bed late and didn;t sleep well, why is she awake? I have been soooo careful to make sure that her schedule remains the same even on weekends, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
4. My sleep issues
Of course, all of this would be better if I could actually fall asleep. I lay in bed, night after night, exhausted and unable to sleep. I didn't even try until past 1:30 last night and then I just LAY there until dd woke up to nurse or I had to use the bathroom (again). I wish I could be more like my dh, who can sleep as soon as his head hits the pillow. Actually, he doesn't even need a pillow.
5. DD and my breasts
Why, why, why dos she have to touch them ALL THE TIME. I end up arm wrestling her to keep her from tweaking my very sore nips as she nurses.
6. The things I think about
So my cousin had a baby 14 weeks premature and she is having a rough time. She stops breathing a lot and is on a feeding tube. She is totally blind and has a hole in her heart. She has had five transfusions and she is only three weeks old. She keeps losing weight.
It's hard for me to wrap my head around, since my baby is technically older than her, and yet my baby is not yet born. And yet, of all things to think about, what do I choose? I keep wondering what they use for diapers on babies that small. Do hospitals have special preemie ones? It annoys me that that's where my mind goes.
7. My MIL
She keeps calling to come visit. I do not want to visit. I want to be left alone. Take the hint.
8. My house
My house, with the exception of the bathroom and the kitchen, is a mess, and I JUST cleaned it. There is stuff everywhere. This annoys me.
That's enough for now. I feel a little better.