Why?
Let's see...
When I was single I said:
- I will never get married.
- I will never have kids.
When I met the most wonderful man on Earth and decided it would be okay to get married I said:
- I will never have kids until we've been married for five years.
- I will never be a just stay-at-home mom. (yah I said that... nitwit!)
- I will never go to bed angry.
- I will never stop loving my dogs like they're my children.
Now I'm a stay-at-home mommy (2 years after marriage) and I have gone to bed angry. Rarely, but it has happened. And since having Ben I have said:
- I will never feed my baby solids before he is 6 months.
- I will never let my baby cry it out.
- I will never let my baby watch TV.
- I will never get tired of cuddling my baby.
- And another ton of I nevers that I won't remember until I have to eat my words.
Today I clipped Ben's nails while letting him stare at the TV so he would hold still. I started feeding Ben solids at 4.5 months in hopes that it would help his reflux. And Erik and i just spent our 3rd night of crying-it-out hoping he would fall asleep "any minute." It has become such a fight at night getting Ben to cuddle and rock to sleep (which used to put him out very quick) that it just seemed like sleep training was the best thing for everyone. I will be posting about this experience tomorrow when Ben is trying to fall asleep...hopefully a good distraction...
I wish I was smart enough to never say I never again. :)
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I hear ya on this one. I said I will never a million times, but no matter how hard I tried to fight it, I did and said things that I told myself I wouldn't. That's the beauty of parenthood...we all do and say things we never thought we would and most of the time, instead of judging each other, we're learning from each other. It's so nice to be able to relate.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with Ben's CIO situation. A few things I can think of to try: a bath right before (10-15 minutes before) he'll be ready for his last feeding of the night. Turn on some kind of noise even if it's just the noise of a humidifier. Is he stuffy? I know Audrina's nose would get clogged up all the time and it really affected her sleep. Little Nosies saline drops worked wonders! Hang in there, it'll get better :)
It's never fun eating your words but we all do it! Hope night time gets better for you guys! I'm just looking forward to a full nights sleep (hopefully sooner rather than later)!
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