Thats what I did all weekend, recovered from my sleep deprivation. It wiped me out, seriously that stuff is no joke.
Nana went away to visit OP for 2 weeks, leaving me for the longest time ever alone with the wee one. No biggie right? I'm her mama, I got this! If anything it will be a bit challenging, an adventure!
"This week went totally as planned. Piece of cake" says no single mom with an infant ever
The first few days weren't too bad, actually it was actually kinda nice. Surprisingly I got a lot done, it was just me and my girl doin our thing. Until Liberty decided that this was a good time to change her wonderful 2 hour first nap and her usual 1 hour late afternoon nap for barely there and unpredictable. By week 2 she was up with sun and napping only an hour a day down by 7. I had to fight to even keep her up that late, then she would wake every hour or so to eat, (still not interested in solids) this would go on until 11ish. THEN week 2 .
week 2 came with the teething. the clinging. it was so hot and humid we couldn't spend our time outside without being more miserable than we were inside. Week two was a blur of her tears and mine.
Not even getting into the lack of communication with my husband as of lately.. seriously these soldiers should be provided with reliable and FREE service to talk to loved ones back home, don't even get me started on how i feel about having to pay to send him a care package
It slowly crept up on me... the fatigue, the nausea and weakness. I remember waking up Wednesday feeling hungover. I still had to be a mother, a mother to a very needy baby, By Thursday (thank God the day after my mom got home) I was nothing but a bunch of melt downs. I was on the brink of sheer madness. One more night of no more than 2 or 3 hour increments of sleep... One more day of a napless baby.. - i shiver at the thought....
Never will I take for granted the help I get from my mom.
Right, so this weekend I did a lot of nothing. the weather seemed to agree with me, not too hot, gray skies with scattered thunderstorms. Liberty was happy to have Nana back and seeming more like herself. Tio Noah was back home from his summer in CT and he was just a natural with her- lots of distractions for Liberty, lots of help. This mama got to take naps!! and a long hot shower without the little yelling at me! It was so nice so needed.
I'm still not feeling entirely myself, but were getting somewhere.
Today was a good day.
In other news, the Gamecocks beat the Bulldogs yesterday. that makes my husband very happy and that makes us happy.
we tried. hahaha,
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