I should have named her "Little Howl" instead of "Little Owl"...
Posted: Saturday, 29 November 2008 |
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Thank God for whisky and Transformers Armada...
Since I have been suffering from a month-long case of Perpetual Post Partum Insomnia I told my totally exhausted Erlend to hit the sack early and I'd stay up with our Little Howl...er...Little Owl.
Husband actually fled to the sanctuary of the empty guest bedroom! He's holed up there as I type. It's going to be a cold bed for me tonight.
I can't blame him, really. Sleep has been beyond scarce since Elspeth made her entrance into this world. I remember laying on the operating table like a gutted fish and, upon spying our newly extracted baby, thinking... now the real fun begins...
Fortified with a dram of whisky (Famous Grouse) and a Transformers Armada DVD I'm ready to pull evening shift and night shift... I'll just have to do so without trying to think about what might be watching me through our huge, curtainless windows...
I love country life but it can be downright creepy at times. I'll just watch the DVD and pretend it's daytime...
"Optimus Prime, your end is at hand muwahahahahaaa!"
Waaaaaah! Waaaaah!
"Autobots, prepare for battle!"
Waaaaaahhhhh! Waaaaahhhhh!
"Ah, but Prime ~ I have the light saber thingybobber and I'm not afraid to use it muwahahahahahaaa!"
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! "Prepare to die, Megatron!" WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!
"Mumph muh ATTACK! umph hoo TRANSFORM!..." BANG! BOOM! CLANG!! WAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! UUUHH-WAAAAH!!!
**Activate Pause Button In Mid-Battle**
"Sheesh, kid. Ya hungry or something?"
WAAAAAHHHH!!!
(Geez... where's the mute button on this model of newborn?) "Ok! Hang on already! I'll go grab some milk." (Praise the Lord and pass the Prozac...)
I remember when I was in the Navy and sometimes I had to pull back-to-back watch shifts. I always thought I was going to die but I never did. Instead, I engaged in jumpingjacks and ran in place out there in the stillness of the Sicilian nights. You do anything to stay awake while on watch - otherwise you end up in the brig. Welp, I'm about to fall back on my old tactics and start running in place here in the hallway.
Maybe I should have had coffee instead of a whisky? Or hey... whisky in coffee? OooOOooo that sounds divine!
It's all good. I'm raising the next generation of Trans Fan heh heh heh...
Posted on Things Go Moo in the Night... at 23:36
Comments
Michelle-
Have you tried gripe water for your Little Howl? All 5 of mine have had colic, my last the worst. The gripe water sure made a difference.You should ask Dawn to get some at Babies R Us before she flies your way. Check with your pediatrician, mine said it was fine for our baby. Just trying to help.
sweet tea from IN ,USA
Back before we had a battery-operated swing, I would have my husband knot a twin sheet around my shoulder as a snug swag to hold the wee one close as I went about. Perhaps, Elspeth is too inquisitive now, or past that stage of restfulness.
Another thing I found useful to carry on to my own sons from an experience with younger brother was the idea of holding baby in one of the small reclining units while rocking to sleep, then setting the unit in the crib, and later transferring the more deeply sleeping infant onto the mattress.
I don't know the latest trend (with scientific evidence no doubt to give credence to the point of view) whether the sleeping baby lies on its stomach or back, but the important thing my husband taught me from his culture was that baby's tummy is kept warm, so we'd fold a cloth diaper or receiving blanket around baby's tummy and that seemed to bring comfort.
Nothing on the feet--well, definitely not those plastic soled footed sleepers--when we bought them for winter months, we carefully trimmed off the plastic portions and left room for airing the toes.
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