Quote:
Originally Posted by MACLovin
He is SO adorable! How old is he now? What a cutie pie
|
Six weeks today (Sunday). Can't believe it. The last six weeks are a blur - and not a pleasant blur either. It is really,
really damned hard to be a parent. I never appreciated my mother enough, clearly, because this is freaking
hard work.
Don't get me wrong; I love my little boy. We're getting into a routine and settling into a pattern that suits us both in the day, but he's still needing to be fed four times a night.
We tried breastfeeding - it didn't work out for us, and I won't be going into why on Specktra. It's just too personal and upsetting.
Anyway, Sam gets a bath and is in bed by 7.30pm, but needs fed between 10-11pm, 2-3am, 4-5am, and 7-8am. It's brutal. My husband and I take turns but it's just brutal, catching only an hour of sleep at a time at night. Hence the giant bags under my eyes and the thousand-yard-stare I seem to have picked up in that second photo.
I've been cluster feeding him throughout the day in the hopes that he'll sleep for longer between feeds at night, but it's really not helped much. He's only just now started to go about 3 hours between feeds at night.
It's just very hard work. I don't know how women do this - and I said that a lot during my pregnancy. I can't wait to go back to work in January. Archaeology is a breeze in comparison to full-time child care.
I really love it! However, please excuse me for looking incredibly tired, washed out, and not even wearing lipstick. 
