We made it through a whole week
I don’t know where the week went. We’ve had a VERY cranky baby and now I know why. Not only is that 3rd tooth continuing to move into place, but TWO more are about to break through on the top. I can feel them. No wonder he’s ticked off most of the time. I would be, too.
We made it through a whole week of crib sleeping. He fights going to sleep pretty much every night. But once he settles down he’s out. We had a couple of rough nights where he woke up at 2.30 or 3.00 and refused to go back to sleep. But this morning we’re back to 4.30 again. Much better. Not perfect, but better.
After he eats I can usually wait until about 8.00 or even 9.00 before he’s really ready to get up.
I’ve been struggling with trying to set some sort of schedule with him. For his sake, and for mine. I’m still not getting anything done. Not nearly the amount I’d like to. Shouldn’t I have this figured out by now? Shouldn’t I be able to find pockets of time to get things done? Why aren’t I?
Maybe it’ll be better once the job ends. I can use those hours to get my business stuff done, and the other time can be spent with the family, and getting household stuff done.
I wish someone could tell me how they do it all. How do you get your work done with this little human needs so much of you?
It actually will settle down, I promise. He will get more capable of entertaining himself without direct interaction with you, especially when his mouth doesn’t hurt so much. For example, he will get to a point where he can sit on the kitchen floor and pull stuff out of cabinets for 10 minutes, which gives you enough time to unload the dishwasher or put something quick together for lunch.
Right now I concentrate on a pattern where I do certain things on certain days of the week - Thursdays is vacuuming, etc. I also pick one thing to cross off my list during each of his naps, which gives me two chunks of time a day. I don’t get as much done as I want to, but I feel like there’s more of a routine and I’m less fragmented.
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@skye - i know he needs to entertain himself, and i do try to let him do that. i try to let him be while he’s content. but yeah, there’s been a lot less of that. tooth #3 is about 1/3 of the way in and the other two feel like they’re popping through shortly. i can certainly understand why he’s been cranky.
i like that idea of chores on certain days. but his naps are so unpredictable still. we have the mornings down. eat, rest a little bit, get up, play in the highchair while mommy grabs breakfast, then it’s time for him to eat. that’s about as far as we get in a routine. the rest of the day is anybody’s guess. today i took him out of the house mid-morning and wound up staying out most of the day. it’ll be interesting to see how he sleeps tonight.
i think i’ll try what you suggest, and see what things i can do once a week on various days. laundry’s the hardest, because we have a laundry room at the end of the building, and not our own w&d. it’s too tough to cart him back & forth and the laundry. and in the evening i’m usually too tired to do it. but it must be done, so it’s time to figure out something. i’ll just have to do it when i’m tired.
I asked my mom what the secret was to getting it all done. She had two kids and a full time job too.
She said the secret was that she didn’t get it all done. That I just didn’t remember the dirty house or the leftovers three nights in a row or the other things that stressed her out.
That made me feel a lot better.
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@canape - now that you mention it, I don’t remember any of that stuff from when I was a kid. Right now I’m worried about trying to meet my basic obligations. I shouldn’t feel this overwhelmed at this point, should I? But yeah, the kid isn’t going to remember a messy house. I sure hope he remembers a feeling of love, though.