Thanks for commenting on my story KonohaKitten.
Anytime Toasty I got your back
are you planning on this new story to be a lengthy one?
So today I've been up since 5am, yay for sleepless nights
Kaiden has been waking up at 5am for the past few days. I think he has another earache however he doesn't wake up in pain. Usually he wakes up around that time cause he needs a drink or needs a diaper change, most of the time it's both. But when I change him and give him a drink he knocks out right ways, however he hasn't for like the last three days. It doesn't help that I get my nephew at 6:30am so I have to deal with both of them awake or one awake and the other asleep. Kaiden doesn't give me problems since he's a heavy sleeper so nothing will wake him up but my nephew on the other hand is so sensitive that he wakes up if I breathe too loudly. So I just decided to give up on going back to bed sleep so I stayed up with Kaiden. I'm hoping he'll be out by 10am. Unfortunately my nightmare nephew is awake, I hope he behaves today. I feel bad for John cause Tues and Weds are his days off but that just means he's here at home to hear Ethan's banshee cry. I take most of the load by not sleeping at all and making sure both boys are quite so John can catch up on his sleep. Usually I get to take a nap when the boys do, but not all the time. Most of the time I'm the one that has the power to keep them both quite. As soon as I decided to take a nap all hell breaks lose and John cant handle both of them at once. So yeah I have no idea when I'll get to have a normal sleep pattern again.... maybe like in 5yrs
Anyhow I really thought that being a mother would make taking care of Ethan a breeze, for the love of god was I wrong
He is by far the most difficult child I have ever taken care of.....ever!!! He has really bad gas (he's got a little colic) so that is something that no one can control. So to make him a little more comfortable we changed his formula to one made for babies that are gassy and fussy. It's helped a little but what doesn't help is his mother fusses over him too much. So I'm left with what my mother calls a pulga baby. Pluga meaning flea, which means that he basically wants to be in someones arms at
ALL TIMES! That to me is the worst thing you can do to your child. If you do that then you'll just create a monster in the long run. Yes it's the best to hold your baby but they need to know that being put down for a few minutes isn't the end of the world. My mother warned me not to do that to Kaiden and I'm thrilled that I listened to her. I've always treated Kaiden like a little adult, and now at 2yrs old he's smart and independent while still being very affection and loving. I cant baby and hold Ethan like his mother does so all I get is a fussy child that can cry for hours. I need to take care of myself and Kaiden too you know but try explaining that to a 3 month old. Everyone agrees with me that he is a difficult child, its going to be interesting to see what a day care tells my sister in law about her little angel when I can no longer take care of him. Which will be like in April. There's no way in hell I'm taking care of him more then that, I want to enjoy the end of my pregnancy. So we'll see how today goes, Ethan is sick so he's even more of a pain....man I need to get paid more cause what I'm making isn't worth the stress.
Edited by Konohakitten, 28 February 2012 - 04:03 PM.
