Is there a "Mamas at the end of their rope" club?

[BlueWolf]

If not... we need one!

It's been such an awful day that it's actually comical. I need to complain to you guys for awhile. Normally things aren't this rough, but man o man... I feel like I'm hanging off cliff here.

DD was up every 15 minutes last night from 9pm to 2am. She's bottle fed, we stopped breast feeding at 6 months due to a lot of problems (fyi). It seemed like she wanted me to just be "awake" to hold her bottle when she woke up for a few minutes, took a couple sips then back to sleep. Repeat repeat repeat for 5 hours. After 2am I had had enough. She had a full belly so I just basically told her that it's time to sleep. I patted and comforted her without the bottle which resulted in her screaming and crying in protest. (We co sleep so she was IN bed next to me). So she finally falls asleep and the rest of the night results in 1-2 hour awake ups. Definitely an improvement, but this mama is exhausted now.

Then in the morning her diaper leaked all over our bedding and her blankets. Great... pee bed!

Then she has a massive diaper poo blow out all over her clean clothes. Double great... semi solid baby poo smeared all over her back, there is just no good way of safely and cleanly cleaning that mess up.

Then I get my period... URGH in a whole different way. Cramps, bloating on top of sleep deprived mama.

Then our hot water went out for the third time this week!!!! They've been doing road construction for two months outside my building and just shut the water off without turning it off at the building source. So our building (condos) water heater cannot handle this anymore. All that mud and junk gets into the pipes and its just ruining things. And I NEED a shower!! Just a little 5 minute hot shower, is that too much to ask!?

Then she was refusing her nap....

I feel like if I step outside today I will be struck by lightning. Thank God my husband will be home tonight. I'm afraid to ask "could it get any worse?" because it really could get worse and I don't want to go there.

[tzs]

oh man.
do you have a bottle of wine handy?
if not, then i'm having a glass in your honor.

[BlueWolf]

Originally Posted by tzs

oh man.
do you have a bottle of wine handy?
if not, then i'm having a glass in your honor.

Now there's a thought... I have a couple bottles on the counter. Maybe it's time to pour myself a glass just so I can get through the rest of this day.

[tzs]

cheers!

[jimblejamble]

That's how the last month has been for us--awake hourly all through the night, every night (and I'm a light sleeper so while Jude may sleep for an hour at a time, I get a maximum of 20-30 at a time if I'm lucky) and no naps for me because whenever I nap I feel nauseus afterwards, and/or the phone always rings anyway. I have had a headache for 3 days now because I am so insanely tired. I will gladly join the end-of-the-rope club!!!

[BlueWolf]

Originally Posted by JessicaRenee

That's how the last month has been for us--awake hourly all through the night, every night (and I'm a light sleeper so while Jude may sleep for an hour at a time, I get a maximum of 20-30 at a time if I'm lucky) and no naps for me because whenever I nap I feel nauseus afterwards, and/or the phone always rings anyway. I have had a headache for 3 days now because I am so insanely tired. I will gladly join the end-of-the-rope club!!!

That's exactly the way I am. I'm a light sleeper, it takes me forever to fall asleep, and I can't nap. What a horrible combo to begin with but then add a baby who is also a horrible sleeper? Oiye....

[MeredithK]

Oh no! What a horrible night and beginning of your day. I am so sorry. I'm hoping the rest of the day is better and that she sleeps tonight!

[kismetbaby]

Hugs mamas!!!! I definitely have those days as well, although most of mine are somewhere in between hellish and wonderful--just trying to stay sane. It's so easy to feel totally overwhelmed and exhausted. But then those darned babes do something cute and its almost bearable. Hang in there. . .someday sooner than we imagine, they will be sleeping-late, getting-away-from-parents-as-fast-as-possible teens!

[Ms. Cellaneous]

Can I join the club too? I feel like this whole day has been a series of miscalculations, prompted probably by lack of sleep. Hopefully the day will improve for all of us.

As the saying goes, when you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!

[BlueWolf]

Originally Posted by Ms. Cellaneous

Can I join the club too? I feel like this whole day has been a series of miscalculations, prompted probably by lack of sleep. Hopefully the day will improve for all of us.

As the saying goes, when you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!

I like that saying! Made me giggle because it just seems so appropriate right now.