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finally, tired of the holiday
Nov. 26th, 2006 01:56 pmYesterday I couldn't believe I had to back to work on Monday. Today I'm glad; the kids are wearing me out. I watched a movie yesterday afternoon when I could have had a nap (Persuasion) and am paying for it today.
It remains disheartening when the Dillo nurses and then immediately spits up voluminously. It's an irrational disheartenment: he isn't unhappy, he gets plenty to eat, and I make plenty of milk, but it still makes me feel bad.
He is mad to sit up right now, although he can't really do it yet. When put down on his back, he arches and tries to sit up. Ditto in his bouncy chair; if he's not strapped in he now ends up slouching out of the seat. He must have abs of steel. He sits well, supported, but slouches or flops to the side pretty fast unsupported, even if propped with pillows. Of course, all these tummy crunches result in lots of spitting up.
His talking is so vehement and conversational that it makes me think of all the Funny Videos where people have trained their dogs (and occasionally cats) to approximate things like, "I love you" and "mama." The Dillo sounds exactly like that (when he's not shrieking.)
I'm working hard to put him down in his crib and keep him there all night, and mostly succeeding at the former and not at the latter. When he gets overtired and won't go to sleep the sure thing to do is lie him on his back on our bed, crouch over him, give him the paci and shower kisses on his cheeks above the paci. This makes him sleep. He's doing better with 2 long naps, am and pm. However, Casper is impossible - she will walk into our bedroom and wake him up, although she knows she's not supposed to go in when the door is closed. I really want to duct-tape her to the wall sometimes. And the house is small enough and non-sound proof, so any attempt to remonstrate with her ends up waking the baby anyway.
It remains disheartening when the Dillo nurses and then immediately spits up voluminously. It's an irrational disheartenment: he isn't unhappy, he gets plenty to eat, and I make plenty of milk, but it still makes me feel bad.
He is mad to sit up right now, although he can't really do it yet. When put down on his back, he arches and tries to sit up. Ditto in his bouncy chair; if he's not strapped in he now ends up slouching out of the seat. He must have abs of steel. He sits well, supported, but slouches or flops to the side pretty fast unsupported, even if propped with pillows. Of course, all these tummy crunches result in lots of spitting up.
His talking is so vehement and conversational that it makes me think of all the Funny Videos where people have trained their dogs (and occasionally cats) to approximate things like, "I love you" and "mama." The Dillo sounds exactly like that (when he's not shrieking.)
I'm working hard to put him down in his crib and keep him there all night, and mostly succeeding at the former and not at the latter. When he gets overtired and won't go to sleep the sure thing to do is lie him on his back on our bed, crouch over him, give him the paci and shower kisses on his cheeks above the paci. This makes him sleep. He's doing better with 2 long naps, am and pm. However, Casper is impossible - she will walk into our bedroom and wake him up, although she knows she's not supposed to go in when the door is closed. I really want to duct-tape her to the wall sometimes. And the house is small enough and non-sound proof, so any attempt to remonstrate with her ends up waking the baby anyway.