Synchronization of Us

Well its sure been a crazy week.

It started of terribly , both girls were driving me insane. I’m pretty sure Eilidh is teething as
she has everyone of the symptoms and Rebecca was getting her bottom eye tooth through so of course they were both moany and not sleeping great. Last Monday was probably the hardest day emotionally i have had since Eilidh was born , everything was getting on top of me and i was just so tired.

It did get much better though as the week went on , Tuesday night was Eilidhs last night in her moses basket as i could no longer get her settled in it (she would fuss and have to be rocked for ages then wake up constantly ) , if i let her sleep with me she would wake up around every 15-30 minutes crying so we made the very hard decision to move her into her cot full time . This
is very upsetting for me as i really believe she should be in my room for at least the first 6 months but as we cannot fit a cot in here i had no choice.

Wednesday night i had my first night off since Eilidh was born, my sister and i went to the pub for a few drinks (only a couple of course because of breastfeeding) and then to the movies to see “The Number 23″ , we were only gone a few hours and DH was home alone with the kids thankfully Eilidh never woke once as although there is milk there she has never taken a bottle before. It was great to get a couple hours off to just be me and not “mum” .
That was also the start of the good sleeping nights, Rebeccas tooth broke though and she was back to normal and Eilidh only woke up twice during the night.

Things just got better, Thursday night she only woke one at 5.30 and last night never woke at all - she slept for a whole 12 hours it was amazing, Rebecca slept in the living room with DH and i had the bed all to myself . I feel like a diffrent person at the moment.

And today we went to a cousins birthday party (well my cousins daughter), it was at “Buckaroo Jaxx” one of these kiddy play areas and Rebecca had a ball running around and climbing on everything , she was so well behaved and it was wonderful to show her and Eilidh off . My 14 year old cousin Jack was there and we is just this wonderful kid who is so helpful and ran after Rebecca most of the time.

All in all its been busy, both girls are sleeping now and I’m hoping will be for a while. Its a busy
week next week to Eilidhs gets more jags on Monday and Rebecca is at the hospital on Friday.

Laura

Trying again…..written last night but for some reason it wouldn’t post.

Last night was thankfully much better , i actually managed to get *some* sleep.
Both girls woke up at 2am - Rebecca wouldn’t stop crying and seemed scared of something so im thinking she may have had a bad dream . Then Eilidh woke up at 5am full of giggles and babbles, Rebecca has finally started getting up a little later most days and all i wanted to do was get her back to sleep. I put her down on her play mat to play , and i curled up on the sofa and was planning to doze - but she kept rolling right off the play mat so no more leaving her alone .

Today for the first time in months i had some me time, my parents had offered to take
the girls out for a while as they were taken my niece to a big park - they could play in the sand, feed some ducks and go on some rides. At first i said no to Eilidh
but i figured that the fresh air would be good for her, its the first time i have been away from her since she was born. I did plan to finish the girls room, i have
started sorting through there clothes as i really need to get rid of some of it and
you can currently see very little of there floor and Rebecca’s bed is pilled high with stuff .In the end i went for a nap , two whole hours of peaceful sleep and it was heaven.

Tonight for dinner i made Apple Chicken Quesadillas and they were just so tasty but i will definitely use more Apple next time - you can find the recipe here http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Chicken-Quesadillas/Detail.aspx

Laura

Its such a wet horrible day today and silly me went out in it. DH has taken Rebecca swimming and Eilidh and i went to our weekly breastfeeding support group. The weather was ok on the way there but we got caught in a down pore on the way home - complete with hailstones.
Thankfully Eilidh was wrapped up fine and just went to sleep, but I’m soaked. Thankfully its only a 15 minute walk, but i couldn’t find my purse before leaving the house so had no money for a taxi home.
The group was such fun and Eilidh was being a complete show off, i have been a regular at the group since Rebecca was born and it goes through phases of busy/slow/ babies/older tots…
Just now there is a few babies all about the same age as Eilidh . Eilidh seemed so active compared to the others , she was on a play mat but kept moving around ending up doing a 180 and being at the other side of the mat. The best bit was she rolled over from back to stomach on purpose , she took a minute to get her hand out the flashed the room the biggest smile. She even stayed on her belly and squealed and babbled for around 10 minutes.
When on her back she was so fascinated by this mirror teddy hanging above her and kept grabbing it and squealing so loud it was almost embarrassing. Her personality had completely changed this week and she is just so dam happy , i really think putting her down in her cot during the day for naps is whats doing it. She has went from maybe napping for around 1 hour some days to around 5 hours - big difference.

The house seems to silent just now with Rebecca not hear and Eilidh asleep. I have to big bags
full of things to sell on eBay i think I’m going to pull out “maybe”

Laura