Mason turned 11 weeks on Tuesday and I'm enjoying my last week of maternity leave...it's been a week of many ups and downs. I've been giving him extra kisses and snuggles...and enjoying my tv schedule that I've come to love and look forward to every day. Thank goodness for my DVR, I can hopefully still watch them in the evenings if Mason will let me!
Mason still is not sleeping well, still getting up every 2-3 hours wanting to eat or be held or who knows what...we've tried everything and nothing seems to work consistently. It might work one night but the next it just pisses him off. UGH. Joe tells me that Mason only does this because he loves me so much and can't stand to be away from me...which I love to hear but mama still needs her sleep :) I'm getting better at functioning on 4 hours of interrupted sleep but I'm ready to start getting more again. Life is going to suck if this continues while I'm working. I might just become a coffee drinker yet.
We heard our first giggle last night while changing his diaper, absolutely the most adorable thing I have ever heard. Mason used to scream during diaper changes but he's gotten so much better and actually might enjoy them now. I've also started to sing silly songs to him while I'm changing him so maybe he's realized it's a good place to be :) His favorite is my variation of the song Tom Green sings in "Road Trip" but I've added many more animals to the mix...his current favs are the owl, pig, chimpanzee and cat...those get the biggest smiles!
I went in and had my blood pressure checked this week after cutting down my meds in half for 2 weeks and it was down to 116/72, yay!! Now hopefully it stays there when I go off them completely...but I'm optimistic it will. I had normal BP before I was pregnant and the dosage I've been on the past 2 weeks did nothing for me when I was pregnant and had the high BP...so things are looking good and the pre-e has passed (and hopefully never makes an appearance again!).
Our week in pictures...
2 comments:
Sorry about the sleep thing, all I can say is hang in there, it will get better at some point, and then it will get worse, and then hopefully better again. And then he'll start teething and all bets are off. ;)
That probably doesn't make you feel better, but maybe it makes you feel... normal? Commiserated with? He's still just so so little... 2-3 hour stretches is pretty darn normal.
Have you mastered the side-lying position while feeding yet? Only way I surivived infancy, especially after coming back to work, was nursing and snoozing in that position. Staying awake in a rocker in the middle of the night is torture.
Hang in there mama, you are doing everything right, remember that, even though there sometimes isn't a "right", you know? But I really believe if you follow your instincts, you can't go wrong.
Love his cheeks! I hope your last week of leave is enjoyable. Merry Christmas!
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