No, unfortunately I meant "whine" and not "wine." Asher just got in another tooth (top right) and the other will be popping out soon as well... he seems to be gathering a collection of those... at least I'm guessing by the way he gnaws on his fingers all day! Anyway, he has been quite the whiner lately. He used to have a cute little whimper but it's been turning into a loud, annoying wail that comes and goes while Mark and I are still trying to figure out how it's possible he could still be awake!
A couple weeks ago I thought he was dropping his 3rd nap... the past 2 or 3 days he's almost decided to drop down to 1 shorter nap... moms agree that this is not good! He slept great last night, woke up totally stinky at 6am but went right back to bed until 8am (whew)! Still, he only slept for 1/2 hour in the car this morning and maybe another 1/2 hour on the way home in the afternoon... then another small power nap around 4pm (which was totally weird) but now he's sleeping soundly, hopefully until 8am again.
His separation anxiety is mildly entertaining while out and about with friends and family. Then, it becomes incredibly frustrating alone at home while groceries are melting in the car b/c you can only carry 1 bag with the baby, but it's raining too hard to make more than 2 trips... then the baby screams for his life when I turn around to walk 5 feet into the kitchen to set down the 1 bag of soggy ice cream sandwiches... I'm not going crazy right... everyone else gets annoyed with these things yeah? Some days I just have to look through all his cute photos and remember the fun things to keep from going completely crazy... I say completely b/c I think I am past a certain point of no return. I know my husband would lovingly agree.
Anywho, I needed to at least jokingly say/type out some of these entertaining frustrations that I PRAY and PRAY I will laugh about SOON! :-) Thanks so much other moms for all your support in these early motherhood months... I hope to live through it with enough sanity to at least have 1 more!
Here's one of those cute photos I was talking about... I know! How can a baby this happy and joyful looking be annoying and whiney? I'll have to find another photo for my next post!
November 30, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Ah, what fun! Have I ever told you how much I hated that first year with both my kids? If babies could pop out and then fast-forward to about age 2 I might consider having a couple more :-). Unfortunately, they don't. Hang in there! You'll make it. And if the worst thing you get out of it is melted ice cream, you will have done VERY well ;-).
Becca
December 11, 2008 at 9:13 AM
Hi, Joellen! You're ABSOLUTELY normal! And, fwiw, this WILL pass--and then you'll be on to NEW phases! (Want a teenager? or a preteen? I've got a couple you can borrow! :) ) But seriously, you're doing a great job with him. And he just keeps getting cuter and cuter!
Jenn