I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadna been for those pesky kids

[ailbhe]

This morning, by 09:15, I had put on a load of laundry, put dinner in the slow cooker, hoovered the two downstairs rooms, washed, dressed and fed myself and Linnea, washed the breakfast dishes, taken my pills, and tidied up generally. So I went to change Linnea's nappy, at 09:15, so that we could leave the house by 09:30.

I've just finished calming her down from her tantrum. The nappy came off more or less ok, but getting the second one on took until 09:35, and then she threw a screaming heebie jeebie and wet it again. She's still in it because I can't face changing her again just yet. I've bribed her with a muffin, and at 10:00 it will be time for Teletubbies, and I'm hoping that if I change her in front of the TV it will be ok.

The reason I wanted to leave at 09:30 was to attend a La Leche League meeting at 10:00 and when I called at 09:45-ish I got no answer anyway, so perhaps it was cancelled.

What. A. Day. She had screaming horrible nightmares again last night; came into our bed screaming in her sleep, as far as I could tell, and refused cuddles, the breast, stroking, patting, and any other consolation for minutes.

Breakfast was fun, though - I had to feed her while she played peekaboo, sometimes covering her eyes and sometimes her mouth. She fed her teddies (a rabbit and an elephant, today) but not herself. No doubt she had her reasons.

Comments

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

Tantrums are the pits :/

Holly has all ready started them & Kate still very occasionally has one. The odd day when they both throw one is not pleasant.

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

Liam has been doing a screaming in his sleep thing too. Very disconcerting, that. Fortunately for us, he took last night off, as the night before was utterly miserable and we were dreading a repeat.

[k425.livejournal.com]

If she's screaming in her sleep it sounds more like night terrors than nightmares - http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/nightmare2.shtml but either way it's awful for all of you.

The tantrums I sympathise with. Would it be worth looking for stuffable nappies, so you can pull them on like knickers, rather than having to lay her down? YoungBloke is definitely more amenable to that at the moment.

Nappytastic

[ailbhe]

I find applying Cotton Bottoms with a fleece *and* a paper liner to a standing baby who is trying to climb onto a bench in the swimming pool changing rooms with a slippery floor perfectly feasible. This morning was just Demon City.

Re: Nappytastic

[k425.livejournal.com]

You are l33t! There are days when YB's just wriggly and it takes two of us, let alone the Demon City days. Which are, thankfully, few and far between.

(Of course, at nursery, he lies still as a lamb for his nappy. I have seen this with my own eyes. Perhaps if I didn't love him so much he wouldn't run away...)

Re: Nappytastic

[ailbhe]

Of course I'm l33t - I'm the woman who showed the vicar's wife how to kneel on her son to change him face-down (it's harder to kneel on them face-up).

If he comes back, you know, he's truly yours. It's better than DNA testing.

Re: Nappytastic

[k425.livejournal.com]

I wish I lived nearer and you could show me, too...

He generally comes back. Even when he's being chased he suddenly stops running away and starts running towards, which is rather sweet.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Could she be in a growth spurt? I know some friends' child who gets tempermental and regressive right before he either grows a lot or masters a new skill.

Either way, eeep! I hope things get easier, soon, and she goes back to being happy baby!

[firecat]

poor baby. poor mommy.