Rough Week

Let me preface this venting blog with the fact that my son some how reverted back to his 2week old newborn self this week and has refuuuused to sleep through the night, fusses if he doesnt have a constant nipple (of a bottle that is) in his mouth or pacifier within reach. He takes 4 hour long naps and when we wake him to feed he refuses. We are trying to get him out of these long naps during the day because he is having day/night confusion all of the sudden and sleeps too much during the day and not enough at night. Some may say 'what's the big deal you're a stay at home mom- you aren't effected by it'. Bull. Here is a *typical* day (one where our schedule runs perfectly and Henry sleeps 'through the night')

4:00-5:00 AM
Wake to pump & feed

7:00 AM
Henry wakes to feed again, I start some b-fast for Kev, myself (though whatever I start Kev has to finish because it never gets done with juggling Henry)

7:00-9:00 AM
I have to juggle pumping, then storing milk, cleaning bottles, eating b-fast, saying goodbye to Kev, jumping in shower, throwing laundry in to be done, feeding Henry and then getting him settled down again

9:00-12:00 PM
More pumping, taking Zoey out, finishing laundry, cleaning up the kitchen (finally) from b-fast, giving Henry a bath, cleaning up after the bath, starting more laundry, feeding Henry again - putting him down for his usual afternoon nap

12:00-3:00 PM
This is where I have my most down time, Henry is usually napping, I am snaking on some food, prepping for dinner, cleaning more bottles, some relaxation is involved...

3:00-6:00 PM
Getting dinner started, Henry starts waking up, more pumping, more feeding, usually have changed his outfit at least 3 times by now and about 10 dirty diapers, feed Zoey, and Kev gets home

6:00-9:00 PM
We've eaten dinner, I have to clean up after dinner, pump, feed, change Henry, rock him to sleep which can takes minutes to hours (sometimes 2 hours to get him to sleep), tidy up house, set our alarms so I can wake up in middle of night to pump, take Zoey out, Kev is usually wrapping up work that he has brought home and I, being completely pooped am crawling into bed (literally) excited for a good 4 hours of sleep.

2:00-3:00 AM
Waking up to pump, Henry sometimes wakes up during this time so I feed him, most of the time he sleeps through it.

4:00-5:00 AM
We start it ALL over again.

SOOOooo as you can see it is around the clock 24/7 job, there is SO much I left out that I can't even think of, every day there is a different battle, struggle or what have you that comes up, and there is really no 'set schedule' to Henry, he wants things at different times all the time I you just have to go with the flow.

Lately he is going through a growth spurt and wants to eat around the clock, and nap occasionally, he wants to be constantly entertained or held which can be a task in itself. So as you may imagine I have come to my whits end today. I am looking forward to my sister coming in from out of town to visit with her 1month old. Having someone going through the same thing is nice because they TRULY can relate where other just offer sympathy. Im excited for the cousin-brothers to meet. We call them this because they were born 3 weeks apart :D Physically they couldn't be more different, Liam is 4 weeks old and is only 7lbs 11oz and he was born bigger than Henry at 7lbs 3oz, where as Henry was born at 7lbs 1oz and is 8 weeks old weighing in at 12lbs or more (we haven't been to the dr in a while and go in a week so I am sure we will update then). Personality wise I am not quite sure because I've only seen Liam fresh from womb and never got to experience his character yet. Pictures to come of the two of them playing together.

Things getting me through this week:
1. yet another some what fun weekend planned with my husband where I get to torture him in the clothing department- he has some more giftcards to spend and of course I am right by his side helping him do it!
2.Jess' visit- she has never been to a SINGLE one of my apartments since I was 19. CRAY-ZAY.
3. Two Cincy trips planned in the coming weekends
4. Seeing Kev's family over the Easter weekend
5. EASTER!
6. The hope for warm weather, less rain, and some time spent out doors- at the pool, getting tan, swimming with Henry

Until then, I am going to make myself some toast, and then get back to the grind of the day.

<3 LC