To say that my birthday was a rough day would be saying it about right! Don't get me wrong, Mike tried really hard to make it a good day and my brother and his wife were here which was very special, but Owen stole the show. It began the night before by Owen refusing to go to sleep. He was always wanting to nurse. At 11:00pm I guess he finally felt full enough to fall asleep. He then proceeded to wake up at 2am and at 5am and at 6:30am. He had been sleeping 7 hours a night faithfully before this so I was not used to waking up during the night like that! Well Michael sent me back to bed and told me that since it was my birthday he would take Owen and let me sleep in. I wanted to tell him that I would rather he take over breast feeding for my birthday! I did get to sleep in a bit which was absolutely wonderful!
Then the day began with us trying to do fun things at home and around town since my brother and his wife were here. Owen fussed here and there but refused to nap! And he began this ridiculous cycle of wanting to eat every hour/hour and a half! Talk about sore! :) He got in one good nap in the afternoon where I quickly jumped in the shower and got a few things cleaned up while everyone else napped. I tried to lay down...but my mind was racing, so my efforts were in vain. "What was wrong with Owen?, Did I put the laundry in the dryer?, Do I have everything I need for the BBQ tomorrow?, etc"
We did sneak in a good dinner out and a quick walk, but ended the evening with crazy feeding 45min to an hour apart. It meant rushing to open gifts and me cutting birthday cake for everyone but myself so I could comfort screaming Owen. Somehow ice cream cake didn't sound so yummy when my little one was so upset last night. We are hoping it is just a silly growth spurt coming on (like he needs one!) and nothing else.
But when he woke up this morning (way too early mind you) he greeted me with a smile and a bit of a chat. That made the sorrow of yesterday disappear. Owen is SO worth it.
So I a going to secretly steal another day next week and declare it my birthday 'again' and make that a special day (swedish pancakes for breakfast, lunch with a friend, a cool walk at the mall, a soak in the tub with a good book, coffee at night with Mike). But I am not going to let Owen in on the secret plan! shhhh
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Hooray for what we have to look forward to! We are very sad to be stuck here without getting to see the little guy grow up a bit. Karsie sends her love.
Post a Comment